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Only the Wind Will Listen; Reith of the BBC
by Boyle, Andrew
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0091138205
- ISBN 13
- 9780091138202
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hutchinson of London, London, 1972. Reprinted Before Publication. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. 368 pages, references and index. Light blue coloured endpapers. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of Lord Reith. Dark blue boards with dark maroon insert on the spine and gilt writing within the insert. Purple coloured tint to the top paper edge. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and rubbing to all book corners. Shelfwear to the lower book edges. Some dust marks to the cloth of the book. Photographic dustwrapper, same photograph as for frontispiece, with blue and white writing on the front panel and black on the spine. Rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and to the lower dustwrapper edge. The white of the spine and back panel has become yellow and grubby. A small tear to the top, rear spine gutter crease and a small need to the lower front spine gutter crease. Rubbing and creasing to the lower front dustwrapper edge. Some transfer of colour of the purple insert of the spine to the verso of the dustwrapper. Biography of Lord Reith who at 33 became the general manager of the British Broadcasting Company -- the BBC. It was under his leadership that the BBC became one of the great public corporations of England, if not the world. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Biography; Television; ISBN: 0091138205. ISBN/EAN: 9780091138202. Inventory No: 0104061. . 9780091138202
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0104061
- Title
- Only the Wind Will Listen; Reith of the BBC
- Author
- Boyle, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprinted Before Publication
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0091138205
- ISBN 13
- 9780091138202
- Publisher
- Hutchinson of London
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Lord Reith -- Biography, British Broadcasting Corporation -- BBC -- 50th Anniversary Art & Design; Biography; Television; Unbranded ISBN: 0091138205 EAN: 9780091138202 Boyle, Andrew Only the Wind Will Listen; Reith of the BBC
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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