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A Funny Way to Make a Living: The Autbiography
by Pertwee, Bill
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1857782682
- ISBN 13
- 9781857782684
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sunburst Books. Bound in clean blue cloth with bright, gilt titles to spine, this 1996 hardcover First Edition is VG in VG dustjacket (unclipped). Signed and inscribed by author as follows:,"To Derek, Best Wishes, Bill Pertwee". 320pp with Foreword by Jimmy Perry, 9 Chapters, Theatre Posters to endpapers, and 97, mainly show business B/W Photos.Condition all VG . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1996.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0015454
- Title
- A Funny Way to Make a Living: The Autbiography
- Author
- Pertwee, Bill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1857782682
- ISBN 13
- 9781857782684
- Publisher
- Sunburst Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Signed Autobiography of Bill Pertwee
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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- VG
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- Inscribed
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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