The Consul's File
by Paul Theroux
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8" by 5". None. The first UK edition of this fiction work following a young consul in Malaysia by Paul Theroux. The first UK edition. Published in the U.S in the same year. Illustrated with a frontispiece. In the original publisher's cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This work was written by Paul Theroux, an American novelist and travel writer and the father of Louis Theroux, the popular documentarian. This fiction novel follows a young consul as he is posted in Malaysia, tasked in closing down the outpost. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely with only a very slight lean. The wrap is also lovely with sunning to the spine. Internally firmly bound with clean and very lightly age tone pages. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 898Z9
- Title
- The Consul's File
- Author
- Paul Theroux
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- First edition Paul Theroux Fiction Malaysia Paul Theroux Modern
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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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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