The Coin of Carthage
by BRYHER
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1964. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. 8vo. Attractive blue linen boards, gilt lettering to spine. Spine ends bruised, fox spots to top edge, occasionally edging into top margins. PO blind-stamped address to title page through to p.11, else, clean and tidy. In the original dust jacket: gently toned, edges and spine ends creased, some nicks. Still, a pleasing copy of the only novel to be a Book Society Choice. Very good/ very good Predominantly written from a boy's point of view, Bryher's mid-century historical fiction often represented occupied peoples and places. Here, they use the Greek traders, Zonas and Dasius, to investigate life under the second Punic War.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2698
- Title
- The Coin of Carthage
- Author
- BRYHER
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Historical Novels
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts;
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About the Seller
Quair Books
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