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The Gorse Blooms Pale
by Davin, Dan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Nicholson & Watson. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. (1947). First Edition. Hardcover. Bruising to tale of spine and lower corners of front board. 12mm white stain to middle of spine. Binding weak. Hinges broken with spine mull visible at gutters. Lacking front free endpaper. Ex libris bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, Paul Aubin. Moderate foxing, quite heavy to margins of endpapers and to top page edges. Small 3mm hole to blank margin of first few leaves. Lacking the dust-jacket. ; 216 pages. Orange cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 183 x 118mm. New Zealand author. A collection of short stories. ""Good-bye, Mum," said Mick from the door." - the opening sentence of "The Apostate". .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22812
- Title
- The Gorse Blooms Pale
- Author
- Davin, Dan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Nicholson & Watson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1947)
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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