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These Charming People; Being a Tapestry of Fortunes, Follies, Adventures, Gallantries and General Activities of Shewlmerdene (that lovely lady), Lord Tarlyon, Mr Michael Wagstaffe, Mr Ralph Wyndham Trevor and Some Others of Their Friends of the Lighter Sort: written down by Mr Ralph Wyndam Trevor and arranged by Michael Arlen
by Arlen, Michael (originally Dikran Kuyumjian)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Tom Stacey Ltd, London, 1971. Reprint. Hardcover (Laminated Boards). Good Condition/Good. Plain laminated boards with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Plain text dustwrapper, as for underlying boards, with black and white collar titles to the front panel and backstrip. "These are tales of Mayfair before offices and the businessmen took over; of Mayfair in the Twenties when it was still the home of sophisticated people with the money and the leisure to play the games of life and love to the full. "These Charming People" Michael Allen calls them, with a characteristic blend of irony and affection." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Softening of the backstrip edges with rubbing of the book corners. Age toning of the textblock edges and pages. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. Rubbing to the panels with sunning of the rear panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 260, [6] pages.. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Britain/UK; 1920s; Inventory No: 0118544. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0118544
- Title
- These Charming People; Being a Tapestry of Fortunes, Follies, Adventures, Gallantries and General Activities of Shewlmerdene (that lovely lady), Lord Tarlyon, Mr Michael Wagstaffe, Mr Ralph Wyndham Trevor and Some Others of Their Friends of the Lighter Sort: written down by Mr Ralph Wyndam Trevor and arranged by Michael Arlen
- Author
- Arlen, Michael (originally Dikran Kuyumjian)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Laminated Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Tom Stacey Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- BZDB2 short stories, 1920s, Mayfair, Britain, high society Fiction; Short Stories; Britain/UK; 1920s; Unbranded Arlen, Michael (originally Dikran Kuyumjian) These Charming People; Being a Tapestry of Fortunes, Follies, Adventures, Gallantries and Genera
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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