Any Old Iron
by BURGESS, Anthony
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good,/Very Good,
- ISBN 10
- 0091738423
- ISBN 13
- 9780091738426
- Seller
-
Rippleside, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good,/Very Good,. A neat, very sound copy. First impression. Octavo in publisher's black boards, gilt lettering to spine, 339 pages. Some small spots to endpapers, inside of dustjacket and edges. A comic journey through the major disasters of the 20th century, beginning with the Titanic and concluding with birth of the state of Israel. All this through the eyes through the eyes of two interconnected families: a family of Manchester Jews and the half Welsh, half Russian Jones family.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sad Paradise Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1709346
- Title
- Any Old Iron
- Author
- BURGESS, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good,
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0091738423
- ISBN 13
- 9780091738426
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- FICTION UK ENGLISH 2OTH CENTURY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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Sad Paradise Books
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About Sad Paradise Books
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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