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SEVENTY-TWO VIRGINS
by JOHNSON, Boris:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Harper Collins., 2004. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Octavo. Publisher's original dark blue cloth with titles in silver to the spine, in dustwrapper. 326pp. A near fine copy, the binding square and tight with just a touch of pushing to the spine ends and a very minor indentation to the upper board; the contents remain clean and crisp throughout. Complete with the very good dustwrapper which has a little fading to the spine panel, a 4cm closed tear to the joint of the upper flap, and a couple of minor nicks to the extremities. Not price-clipped. Signed in black ink on the title page by Boris Johnson. The first edition of former prime minister Boris Johnson's first novel, a semi-autobiographical political satire in which an MP not unlike Johnson seeks to foil a terrorist plot in order to distract from his own personal scandals.
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- Bookseller
- Sky Duthie Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1180
- Title
- SEVENTY-TWO VIRGINS
- Author
- JOHNSON, Boris:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Harper Collins.
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Politics, Philosophy, & Economics|Literature|Signed Books
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
About Sky Duthie Rare Books
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Following a period in academia focusing on the history of ideas and after several years working for a prominent rare bookseller, the business was established in 2022 by Dr Sky Duthie.
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