Better Than Working
by Catling, Patrick Skene
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
Item Price
A$12.25A$9.80
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1961. A sparkling combination of travel book and autobiography, this is a record of the excitements and frustrations of a young reporter's career - as feature writer, critic, war correspondent, leader writer and foreign correspondent, including two years as chief of the Sun's London bureau. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 222pp. Tiny pen mark on fly-leaf. Lacks Ffep. A trace of foxing. Slight spine slant. Unclipped DJ is edgeworn with small paper loss to spine tips and one tear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- All Booked (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001055
- Title
- Better Than Working
- Author
- Catling, Patrick Skene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Autobiography Travel Journalism Career Reporter
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Memoirs; Travel and Exploration;
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