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An Ice Cream War
by Boyd, William
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0241108683
- ISBN 13
- 9780241108680
- Seller
-
Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. VG, Shelfwear, two small corner bumps, mild spine lean/VG+, Edgewear, tear to bottom of front flap hinge, indentations. Tragicomic drama. Jacket illustration by Paul Webb. Expanded condition report/photo on request..
Synopsis
William Boyd’s first novel, A Good Man in Africa , won a Whitbread Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award; his second, An Ice-Cream War , was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Brazzaville Beach won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; and The Blue Afternoon won the Los Angeles Times Prize for Fiction. Boyd lives in London.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Klanhorn
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032952
- Title
- An Ice Cream War
- Author
- Boyd, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0241108683
- ISBN 13
- 9780241108680
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Paul Webb
- Bookseller catalogs
- Satire & Tragicomedy;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Klanhorn
Biblio member since 2006
Queanbeyan, NSW
About Klanhorn
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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