The Islander
by Dorman, T. E
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
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About This Item
Auckland, New Zealand: William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd , 1974. Blue cloth, gilt text to spine. 178 pp. Cloth rubbed at spine tips and lower tips of boards. Wite-out marks to top edge of Ffep. Clean and firmly bound. DJ has mildly sunned spine with light shelfwear. "This powerful and disturbing novel is based on the problems of many Samoans, intelligent and part-educated, who feel stultified by the lack of opportunity in their own islands, and the restrictions of the Samoan way of life".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- All Booked
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004427
- Title
- The Islander
- Author
- Dorman, T. E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- New Zealand Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- New Zealand Fiction;
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- First Edition
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- FFEP
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- Shelfwear
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- Sunned
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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