Mockery Gap.
by POWYS, T. F.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London. Chatto and Windus. 1925 1st edition.. Hardback. Size approx 8 x 5 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with paper title label to spine. Top edges blued. With original dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (DW spine slightly darkened and rubbed at ends, very small tear to top edge, in protective sleeve.) Title label with some foxing/darkening. Else cover clean and smart. Bookplate to front endpaper “Earl E. Fisk.” Inside pages all very clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 270pp. Mockery Gap is the story of a tiny village on the coast of England, and a series of events arising out of the complex currents set flowing in this simple community by the chance remarks of a chance visitor.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93228
- Title
- Mockery Gap.
- Author
- POWYS, T. F.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London. Chatto and Windus. 1925 1st edition.
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LITERATURE T. F. POWYS, Mockery Gap, village, coast, events, remarks, visitor, Literature, first edition, 1925, dustwrapper,
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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