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Bare-Faced Messiah. The True Story of L. Rob Hubbard.
by Miller, Russell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0718127641
- ISBN 13
- 9780718127640
- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; Michael Joseph, 1987., 1987. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. [10], 390. 22 images to 4 double-sided photographic plates to centre. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine in an unclipped, pictorial dust-jacket. Very slight bruising to spine tail and light toning to upper page block edges; dust-jacket shows small areas of light creasing to edges. Overall a very clean, neat volume; Near Fine book in like jacket. Unashamedly written without input from the Church of Scientology by an investigative journalist, this comprehensive biography of science-fiction writer-turned-founder of the Church of Scientology, which chronicles Hubbard's bizarre life from childhood to his disappearance from public life in 1980 and subsequent death six years later.
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- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11790
- Title
- Bare-Faced Messiah. The True Story of L. Rob Hubbard.
- Author
- Miller, Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0718127641
- ISBN 13
- 9780718127640
- Publisher
- London; Michael Joseph, 1987.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Theology & Religion
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Keel Row Books
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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