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THE SWEET SHOP OWNER (SIGNED COPY)
by GRAHAM SWIFT
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0713912472
- ISBN 13
- 9780713912470
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: ALLEN LANE , 1980 Brown Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 225 x 145 mm approx. 222 pp. First Edition 1st impression 1980. Inscribed and signed by the author to the title page. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book- no shelf wear, a few dust spots to top edge, inscr as above with author signature, with a couple of light soiling spots. Binding tight - unread. Dust Jacket - very mild rubbing to laminate -top edge of spine which is also a little sunned, a little dust soiling to exposed edges of flap folds,non price clipped cover £5.95, now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other defects to book or jacket).
Synopsis
Graham Swift was born in 1949 in London, where he still lives and works. He is the author of six novels, including the acclaimed Waterland , which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Guardian Fiction Award. His most recent novel, Last Orders , won the 1996 Booker Prize and was an international bestseller. Graham Swift's work has been translated into more than twenty languages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 128926
- Title
- THE SWEET SHOP OWNER (SIGNED COPY)
- Author
- GRAHAM SWIFT
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0713912472
- ISBN 13
- 9780713912470
- Publisher
- ALLEN LANE
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- The Sweet Shop Owner, Graham Swift, Signed Books, Fiction,
Terms of Sale
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