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The Consul's Wife
by W. T. Tyler
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0805044256
- ISBN 13
- 9780805044256
- Seller
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, January 1998. Hardcover. First Edition (stated), second printing. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Light rubbing and edgewear to jacket. No tears. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 216 pages. A novel of Cold War geopolitics and romance involves a young foreign service officer stationed in Congo who must grapple with inept Western bureaucrats and feuding tribes.
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- Bookseller
- Books of the World
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000003367
- Title
- The Consul's Wife
- Author
- W. T. Tyler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0805044256
- ISBN 13
- 9780805044256
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- January 1998
- Keywords
- fiction, political fiction, consul, consulate, diplomacy, diplomats, embassy, foreign service, FSO, geopolitics, international, romance, American, United States, US, Congo, DROC, Zaire, Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa; Politics & Government; International Relations; Fiction; Erotica;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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- Fine
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