Notes From A Big Country
by Bryson, Bill
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- Hardcover
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- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385410190
- ISBN 13
- 9780385410199
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About This Item
London: Doubleday, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tight Firm Clean Copy - 1St Edition Printed For The Book People - No Signatures Inscriptions Or Notations Discovered. Chapter Headings Illustrations. Black Cloth Hard Cover With Silver Gilt Titles On Spine - Faint Wear. Unclipped Jacket In Similar Condition..
Synopsis
Notes from a Big Country, or as it was released in the United States, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, is a collection of articles written by Bill Bryson for The Mail on Sunday's Night and Day supplement during the 1990s, published together first in the UK in 1998 and in paperback in 1999. The US and UK editions are not quite identical as, besides spelling differences, some explanatory information suitable for each intended audience is added or omitted within individual articles.
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- M and P Books PBFA member (GB)
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- 007751
- Title
- Notes From A Big Country
- Author
- Bryson, Bill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385410190
- ISBN 13
- 9780385410199
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Topography Humour Bryson
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humour; Topography and Travel;
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