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Dragon Hotel - Taiwan Today: A Hilarious Account (SIGNED FIRST EDITION)
by Ball, John; Drawings by Hiroshi Manabe
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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About This Item
New York and Tokyo: Walker / Weatherhill, 1969 First Printing in unclipped dust jacket SIGNED by John Ball with personalized inscription direct to title page & dated April, 1970, original priced obi strip laid in, boards immaculate, pages clean & unfoxed, jacket shows light rubbing & quiet crease lines to edges & extremities, else bright tight excellent signed copy (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; 149pp illus. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.
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- Nighttown Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31708
- Title
- Dragon Hotel - Taiwan Today: A Hilarious Account (SIGNED FIRST EDITION)
- Author
- Ball, John; Drawings by Hiroshi Manabe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Walker / Weatherhill
- Place of Publication
- New York and Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1969
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Ball, John Dragon Hotel - Taiwan Today: A Hilarious Account Ball, John; Drawings by Hiroshi Manabe
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- Title Page
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