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THE SECRET OF THIS BOOK: 20 - Odd Stories.

THE SECRET OF THIS BOOK: 20 - Odd Stories.

THE SECRET OF THIS BOOK: 20 - Odd Stories.
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THE SECRET OF THIS BOOK: 20 - Odd Stories.

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ISBN 10
000225364X
ISBN 13
9780002253642
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour pictorial dw/dj by Gary Embury,with some light creasing to edges and light bumping/creasing to both head+ foot of spine/backstrip;but no nicks or tears.Fore-edges slightly aged as usual/normal and a couple of oblique creases to pp299/300,else contents bright,tight and clean.Blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,335pp includes b/w chapter headpieces by both Brian Aldiss and Rosamund Chorley. As one of Britain's most revered authors,Aldiss has created a breathtaking new collection of recent short stories - a unique mingling of anthology and chronicle novel.Many of the stories are inter-related,their themes being life,death,transformation.A linking commentary between stories shows how such themes are explored in storytelling - and,in one of the most amusing links,how a story may be stretched out until long after bedtime.And, as usual with this author,humour is not lacking, as in the profoundly Shakespearean 'If Hamlet's Uncle Had Been a Nicer Guy', which proves that the Prince of Denmark was grossly overweight, and in the glimpse of a bizarre cost-conscious heaven in 'Evans in His Moment of Glory'. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
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Title
THE SECRET OF THIS BOOK: 20 - Odd Stories.
Author
ALDISS**, BRIAN:
Book Condition
Used - NFINE.
Jacket Condition
NFINE.
Quantity Available
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Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
000225364X
ISBN 13
9780002253642
Publisher
LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,1995.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
1995
Keywords
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