Daughter in the House: People at Home.
by Graham, [Alex]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; Geoffrey Bles, 1969., 1969. Hard Cover. INSCRIBED reprint with letter from the Author, printed only a month after the First Edition. Square octavo, pp. 64. Illustrated throughout with numerous captioned cartoons. Publisher's hyacinth blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Letter from the Author laid-in. A clean bright copy with very minor bruise to lower corner of lower board. Inscribed to title page: "To Christopher Borwick with best wishes from Alex Graham Jan. 1970". The letter is also dated 1970 to Mr Borwick, and refers to the request for his inscription and to the purchase of originals and copies of Graham's work. Jacket slightly surface soiled with small nick top edge and rubbed spine tips. Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Alexander Graham (1913-1991) the Scottish cartoonist, was the creator of the popular character Fred Basset, published in the Daily Mail newspaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8102
- Title
- Daughter in the House: People at Home.
- Author
- Graham, [Alex]
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London; Geoffrey Bles, 1969.
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Humour
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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