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Some Instructions To My Wife Concerning the Upkeep of the House and Marriage, and to My Son and Daughter Concerning the Conduct of Their Childhood
by Stanley Crawford
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0224016229
- ISBN 13
- 9780224016223
- Seller
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Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape, London, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Cloth Boards with Dust Jacket, 8vo, 177 pages, good to very good, boards clean, Dust Jacket has some wear at corners and edges, some rubbing and slight markings, very small tears on some corners and spine, page edges have very slight yellowing, otherwise pages clean and white. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0224016229. ISBN/EAN: 9780224016223. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: X19449. . 9780224016223
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- Bookseller
- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- X19449
- Title
- Some Instructions To My Wife Concerning the Upkeep of the House and Marriage, and to My Son and Daughter Concerning the Conduct of Their Childhood
- Author
- Stanley Crawford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0224016229
- ISBN 13
- 9780224016223
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- BZDB1 American humour Fiction; ISBN: 0224016229 EAN: 9780224016223 Stanley Crawford Some Instructions To My Wife Concerning the Upkeep of the House and Marriage, and to My Son and Daughter Concerning the Conduct of Their Childhood
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Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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