High Spirits
by Tranter, Nigel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Collins. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Some foxing. Chips at ends of dust-jacket spine, with some tape repairs on reverse side. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 256 pages. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 193 x 125mm. A novel, a "saga of Illinois and Ardnamurchan, of the Middle West and the Western Isles, of the bad lands of Milwayukee and the Highlands of Lorne. You will either loathe or love Slugs Macian - possibly both - Trade Union boss and sentimentalist, but you will not ignore him." - from dust-jacket blurb. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18280
- Title
- High Spirits
- Author
- Tranter, Nigel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
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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- Jacket
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