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The Vivisector
by Patrick White
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0670747394
- ISBN 13
- 9780670747399
- Seller
-
Calgary , Alberta, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1970 Near Fine In Vg Plus Unclipped Dust Jacket Which Has A Closed Tear. First Published In 1970 Simultaneously In Canada By Macmillan And In New York By Viking. No Writing Or Marks. Dust Jacket Shows Blue Painting With Yellow, Red And White Letters. Text Has Turquoise Cloth Spine With Charcoal Boards And Gilt And Black Lettering. Slight Sunning To Upper Edge. Original Price $ 8.95 And Corner Coded 0770. "Never Has The Artistic Experience In Its Most Extreme And Naked From Been Presented With Such Complete Authority And Conviction." Patrick White Was The First Australian To Win The Nobel Prize For Literature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sparkle Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005527
- Title
- The Vivisector
- Author
- Patrick White
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670747394
- ISBN 13
- 9780670747399
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- FICTION AUSTRALIA NOBEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Sparkle Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Sparkle Books
Biblio member since 2008
Calgary , Alberta
About Sparkle Books
I search out used books on principle to highlight their value, keep them circulating and out of the landfill (and just because I am compelled to tell people to "read this"!)
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- VG
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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