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The Still Point
by Babuta, Subniv
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0297840460
- ISBN 13
- 9780297840466
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1991* Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson* Binding and cover condition: Dark Blue cloth, Silver title to spine. No Bumps or Rubs, FINE* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £14.99, some minor shelf wear to top edge and head of spine, one small tear at head of spine (1/4? No loss) and bottom front edge (3/4? No loss) VG * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, clean, crisp, tight and bright. No inscriptions or annotations, seems un-read FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 250 pp. text. No Index.* Set in several times and places including ancient and modern India, present day Oxford and Chartres, this subtle and original novel has real imaginative power. A FINE clean copy of an uncommon title reduced to VG+ by some faults to the jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5403
- Title
- The Still Point
- Author
- Babuta, Subniv
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0297840460
- ISBN 13
- 9780297840466
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 192
- Date Published
- 1992-02-06
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