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Bio of an Ogre; The Autobiography of Piers Anthony to Age 50
by Anthony, Piers
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0441062245
- ISBN 13
- 9780441062249
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Ace Books, New York, 1988. Reprint. Hardcover (1/2 Cloth 3/4 Boards). Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Darrell K. Sweet -- Cover Art. Introduction by author and seven appendices. Bottle green coloured end pages. 1/4 bright green coloured cloth covered backstrip with blue coloured titles. 3/4 gray coloured boards. Illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound), by Darrel K. Sweet, with red, white and black coloured titles to the front panel and red and black coloured titles to the backstrip. Title says it all. Rubbing of the backstrip corners and of the book corners. Tanning of the textblock edges and age toning of the pages. Gift inscription to the half title page, and the rear hinge has cracked, and the underlying webbing is visible. Some chipping of the dustwrapper corners and backstrip corners. Creasing of the dustwrapper edges and rubbing of the panels. Second Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 297, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Darrell K. Sweet -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; United States; Science Fiction & Fantasy. ISBN: 0441062245. ISBN/EAN: 9780441062249. Inventory No: 0129033. . 9780441062249
Synopsis
Piers Anthony is one of the world's most popular fantasy authors, and a New York Times bestseller twenty-one times over. His Mode novels have been read and loved by millions of readers around the world, and he daily receives hundreds of letters from his devoted fans.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0129033
- Title
- Bio of an Ogre; The Autobiography of Piers Anthony to Age 50
- Author
- Anthony, Piers
- Illustrator
- Darrell K. Sweet -- Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (1/2 Cloth 3/4 Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0441062245
- ISBN 13
- 9780441062249
- Publisher
- Ace Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Piers Anthony, autobiography, science fantasy author, Zanth Biography & Autobiography; United States; Science Fiction & Fantasy. Darrell K. Sweet -- Cover Art Unbranded ISBN: 0441062245 EAN: 9780441062249 Anthony, Piers Bio of an Ogre; The
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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