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Ten Tales Tall & True
by GRAY, Alasdair
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bloomsbury, 1993. Hardback. Near Fine. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, illustrated by Gray. Bright blue cloth, lettered and decorated in silver. Green ribbon marker. Pushing to spine ends, else, clean, tight and bright. In the original dust jacket: spine a little sunned, creasing to edges. Still, a lovely copy of an attractive book. Near fine/ near fine. "This book contains more tales than ten so the title is a tall tale too. I would spoil my book if I shortened it, spoil the title if I made it true." (front flap).
Synopsis
Gray serves up a dazzling mixture of social realism, sexual comedy,science fiction, and satire here. A New York Times Notabale Book of the Year, this is a "highly imaginative" (Newark Star-Ledger) collection of stories from "one of the sprightliest and wittiest of living prose writers" (San Francisco Chronicle). Illustrated by the Author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2129
- Title
- Ten Tales Tall & True
- Author
- GRAY, Alasdair
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Modern Firsts;
Terms of Sale
Quair Books
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About the Seller
Quair Books
Biblio member since 2019
Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
Based in West Yorkshire, Quair Books specialises in modern literary and visual cultures, particularly alternative, different and radical authors/ artists, presses and histories. We hold a small general stock, with a focus on unusual, interesting and beautiful books, as well as significant books in the history of ideas. Find us online at: quairbooks.co.uk; email us on: quairbooks@gmail.com and Twitter: @quairbooks.
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- Sunned
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