The Governor's Lady
by Norman Collins
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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cremona, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1968 HC and DJ. First Edition. 8 1/2 x 5 7/10. 384 pp. The setting for this novel is an off - the map British Colony in Central Africa; the period - early 1930s. An interesting cast of characters, a murder, the Governor's safari, a trial. The book concludes with Epilogue Part II, in which the Chief Magistrate gives a dispassionate summing up of the characters, their motives, and their actions. DJ in sha des of orange and brown; illust. of leopard. DJ in near-mint cond. One tiny nick to corner, otherwise splendidly bright, clean and unblemished. New mylar cover. Binidng is brown cloth with gilt lette r ing - a handsome as new copy. Endpapers white - 1" sticker pull on front top right corner. Text is tight and clean. A superb copy of this fine novel. Dj: fine, Binding: v. fine.: endpaper: v. good, Te xt: fine.. F.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ghost River Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001355
- Title
- The Governor's Lady
- Author
- Norman Collins
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- F
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Collins, 1968
- Keywords
- BRITISH LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Literature;
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Ghost River Books
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cremona, Alberta
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