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THE BIG BAZOOHLEY. Hardcover - 1995

by CAREY**, PETER:

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Used - FINE+.

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CANADA,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn..[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Abira Ali,illustrated dw/dj with orange,white and brown lettering to front, orange+white lettering to spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original air-force blue paper-covered boards with cream cloth blind-spine with bright,crisp,blocked glittery,fluorescent blue gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a black+cream chequered head+tail-band and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/ dj,1st edn,3-135pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters and an epilogue, profuse vignette,part-page and 8 full page b/w illustrations throughout the text and the book - all by Abira Ali,a note on the author as the last page; plus [unpaginated] b/w vignette illustrated page before half-title page,title page,a dedication and a title separator page.
A Booker Prize-winning author of 'Oscar and Lucinda','Illywhacker',and most recently,'The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith' (then 1995). Born in Australia,he now makes his home with his wife and sons,Sam and Charley,in New York City.
'The Big Bazoohley' is his debut book for children.
Sam Kellow's parents never guessed that he ever though about money.Both liked to say,"if you knew how much that cost,you wouldn't do that" - which is a bit rich when your dad's an inveterate gambler.But Sam knows a lot about how much things cost,and when the family arrives in Toronto,he knows they are there to sell his mother's latest painting to the mysterious Mr. de Vere (he lives in a mansion in the Yonge & Bloor subway station).He also knows they are down to their last $53.20. . . He thinks what will happen if Mr. de Vere doesn't buy the painting; he thinks what it will be like when his father cannot pay the hotel bill.But he doesn't think what will happen when Mr. de Vere disappears; and he certainly doesn't think what will happen when he walks through the wrong door and enters the nightmarish world of Muriel and George and the Perfect Kiddo Competition.But in his way Sam is a gambler,too: when the chips are down,he plays to win - and this is the Big Bazoohley!
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  • Title THE BIG BAZOOHLEY.
  • Author CAREY**, PETER:
  • Illustrator illus by Abira Ali.
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition CANADA,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dk,1st edn.
  • Condition Used - FINE+.
  • Pages 135
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher CANADA.ONTARIO.RANDOM HOUSE OF CANADA,1995., Toronto
  • Date 1995
  • Bookseller's Inventory # rja824318
  • ISBN 9780394224633 / 0394224639
  • Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 823

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