A Pattern of People - Written and Engraved by John O'Connor.
by O'Connor, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. (1959). First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. A 35 mm tear at rear corner of dust-jacket. A 40mm abrasion to blank rear flap of dust-jacket. Fading to dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 79, [1 (blank)]. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 254 x 184mm. Wood engravings by the author. "In 'A Pattern of People' there are thirty-eight engravings, eighteen of which are full-page with an additional colour and printed with a blank page on the reverse. The eighteen essays, each related to an engraving, are in many respects autobiographical." - from dust-jacket blurb. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22692
- Title
- A Pattern of People - Written and Engraved by John O'Connor.
- Author
- O'Connor, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1959)
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Good+
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