About Blady: A Pattern Out Of Time (FINE COPY OF SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
by Post, Laurens Van Der
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0701138025
- ISBN 13
- 9780701138028
- Seller
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1991. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, LAURENS VAN DER POST, without dedication or inscription on title-page. Sir Laurens van der Post (1906-1996) was a South Arican-born writer whose life encompassed expeditions in Africa, years as a Japanese POW during World War Two, service with Lord Mountbatten in Indonesia, and extensive worldwide travel. Some age tanning to edges of pages; else a fine copy, in a fine d/w, of an UNCOMMON first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Signed by Author. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Fine/Fine.
Synopsis
Sir Laurens, whose life has encompassed African expeditions and years as a Japanese POW, recalls events-some joyful, some tragic-and in so doing provides the framework for an exploration into the human spirit.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17576
- Title
- About Blady: A Pattern Out Of Time (FINE COPY OF SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
- Author
- Post, Laurens Van Der
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0701138025
- ISBN 13
- 9780701138028
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Autobiography. Biography. Military History. History. Military. Travel. Africa. Africana. Japanese POW. Lord Mountbatten.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military; Travel;
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