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Credo
by BRAGG, Melvyn
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sceptre, 1996. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, WITH AUTHORIAL INSCRIPTION. Large 8vo. Green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Map endpapers, green ribbon marker. Top half of spine flat, faint mark to heel, a few light spots to top edge, edges toned. Inscribed by Bragg on title page: "To Carl/ with best wishes/ Melvyn Bragg 4/96". Else, clean and tidy. In the original dust jacket, edged with medieval bling: edgewear and a little creasing, stain to reverse at heel of spine. Very good/ very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1987
- Title
- Credo
- Author
- BRAGG, Melvyn
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sceptre
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts; Signed & Association Copies;
Terms of Sale
Quair Books
All our books are fully described. In the unlikely event of an item proving unsatisfactory, it may be returned, in its original condition, for a full refund. If you intend to return an item please email us (via quairbooks@gmail.com) within 7 working days of receipt of your parcel. Items may be returned (as received) within 14 days of receipt. Thank you!
About the Seller
Quair Books
Biblio member since 2019
Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
Based in West Yorkshire, Quair Books specialises in modern literary and visual cultures, particularly alternative, different and radical authors/ artists, presses and histories. We hold a small general stock, with a focus on unusual, interesting and beautiful books, as well as significant books in the history of ideas. Find us online at: quairbooks.co.uk; email us on: quairbooks@gmail.com and Twitter: @quairbooks.
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- Gilt
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