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A State of Siege
by Frame, Janet
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Christchurch, New Zealand: The Pegasus Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1967). First Edition. Hardcover. Some loss at head of dust-jacket spine. Some 20mm tears to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; First NZ edition. 230 pages. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 196 x 128mm. "A South Pacific paradise. An island where storms were stormier, rain was rainier, sun was sunnier; where figs, bananas, passion fruit, pawpaw, fijoas, custard apples, guavas, grew and ripened; where the cold pale narcissi opened their buds at the official beginning of winter, and violets bloomed all year; where the only enemis of man, apart from man, were wasps as big as flying tigers, a few mosquitoes breeding a giant island strain, too many colonies of ants [...]"; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002262
- Title
- A State of Siege
- Author
- Frame, Janet
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Pegasus Press
- Place of Publication
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Date Published
- (1967)
- Keywords
- New Zealand Literature English
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
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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