London: Cassell. Good in Good dust jacket. (1971). First Edition. Hardcover. 0304936928 . No signatures. Some spotting to page edges. Some bumping to top corners of boards. Rubbing to head of dust wrapper spine. Some staining and marking to dust wrapper. A couple of 1/8" tears at head of folds of dust wrapper. Some spine lean. ; [vi], 282 pages. Papered boards with gilt lettering. Page dimensions: 196mm x 126mm. "A middle-aged writer visits the widow of a close friend - to look through his unpublished poems and carry out the duties of friendship. On this simple foundation Maurice Shadbolt has built the complex stories of three interweaving yet very different lives: of two men and the women who loved them." - from the dust wrapper blurb. ; 8vo .

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Bookseller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9186
Title: An Ear Of The Dragon
Author: Shadbolt, Maurice
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good in Good dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0304936928
ISBN 13: 9780304936922
Publisher: Cassell
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: (1971)
Keywords: 0304936928

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