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Patrick White Letters
by Patrick White
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Australia: Random House, 1994. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 9.5" by 6". Not Stated. The first edition of the collections of Patrick White's letters, inscribed by the editor to the publisher Tom Maschler. The first edition of this work.Editor's presentation copy, inscribed by the editor to the publisher Tom Maschler, 'For Tom Maschler, with my thanks, David Marr'.Tom Maschler"s bookplate to the verso to the front endpaper. Maschler is a publisher who worked for Jonathan Cape, who discovered and published authors including Ian McEwan and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A collection of the letters of the Australian author Patrick White.Illustrated with a frontispiece, eleven pages of plates, and a few in-text illustrations.Edited by David Marr. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, near fine, with a bump to the head of the spine. Bookplate to the verso to the front endpaper. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Editor's inscription to the title page. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 712P29
- Title
- Patrick White Letters
- Author
- Patrick White
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 9.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- patrick white david marr letters australia david marr the living and the dead riders in the chariot
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Verso
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