The Personal Art reading to good purpose 1st UK Edition
by Davies, Robertson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in rubbed dustwrapper/Dustwrapper
- Seller
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London: Secker & Warburg, 1961. 1st UK Edition. hardbound. Good in rubbed dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st UK Edition; Robertson Davies discusses the art of reading, books and classes of books, book collectors (including a chapter on collecting pornography), etc; former owner's name to front endpaper, label ghost, foxing and tanning to endpapers, prelims and text block, occasional foxing in text, o.w. Good; some wear to edges of boards; dustwrapper rubbed, tanned to spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22010
- Title
- The Personal Art reading to good purpose 1st UK Edition
- Author
- Davies, Robertson
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in rubbed dustwrapper
- Jacket Condition
- Dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Pages
- 268pp
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gotcha By The Books
Biblio member since 2017
Camira, Queensland
About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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