The Faber Book of Comic Verse
by Michael Roberts (Compiler)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$13.57A$10.85
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1960 Book. Good. Brown Cloth Boards. 12th Impression. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Collection which covers the whole field of English comic verse, apart from 'light verse'. 388pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners, spine a little slack and top edges dusty, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ marked and edgeworn, with closed tears to corners. Loosely enclosed, press cutting of poem by A P Herbert to the Editor of The Times..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008991
- Title
- The Faber Book of Comic Verse
- Author
- Michael Roberts (Compiler)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- 12th Impression
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Humour;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
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- Spine
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- 12mo
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