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John is Easy to Please: Encounters with the Written and the Spoken Word
by Mehta, Ved
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0374179867
- ISBN 13
- 9780374179861
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Oxford University press, New York, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Foreword by author. Dark orange coloured end pages. At the beginning of each chapter there is a grey coloured illustration. Light orange coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles and decoration to the back strip. Pale yellow coloured titles to the top text edge. Plaintext dustwrapper with black, brown and blue coloured titles to the front and and blue and brown coloured titles to the back strip. Six pieces that the author has chosen over his decade of writing for The New Yorker. Softening of the back strip edges and rubbing of the book corners. Very light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with a scuff mark to the top right hand corner of the front panel. Sunning of the white coloured background with quite noticeable sunning to the back strip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - VIII, [2], 3 - 241, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Essays & Literary Criticism. ISBN: 0374179867. ISBN/EAN: 9780374179861. Inventory No: 0290060. . 9780374179861
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0290060
- Title
- John is Easy to Please: Encounters with the Written and the Spoken Word
- Author
- Mehta, Ved
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374179867
- ISBN 13
- 9780374179861
- Publisher
- Oxford University press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Language, essays, articles Language & Linguistics; Essays & Literary Criticism. Unbranded ISBN: 0374179867 EAN: 9780374179861 Mehta, Ved John is Easy to Please: Encounters with the Written and the Spoken Word
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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