William Heinemann, London, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Purple coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with purple and brown coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. A story that looks at old-age, bewilderments of the same and vacillating loyalties. Softening and fading to the backstrip edges with bumping to the book corners of rubbing to the lower book edges. There is a bump to the middle of the backstrip, halfway down. Age toning of the textblock edges and of the pages. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. Sunning and handling marks to the dustwrapper panels. The dustwrapper edges show a little creasing and a few small closed tears. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. [6], 247, [3] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; Inventory No: 0115442. .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0115442
Title: The Room Upstairs
Author: Dickens, Monica
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: William Heinemann
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1966
Keywords: BZDB2 novel, cape cod, old age, dementia, loyalties Literature & Literary; United States; Unbranded Dickens, Monica The Room Upstairs

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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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