Switch Bitch.
by DAHL, Roald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph,, 1974. First UK edition, first impression. The four short stories in this book comprise "The Visitor", "The Great Switcheroo", "The Last Act", and "Bitch". They originally appeared in Playboy in 1965, 1974, 1966, and 1974, respectively. The US edition was published a few months before the UK edition. The dust jacket blurb notes "All the stories are outrageous, unexpected, sophisticated, hilarious - and sometimes tragic". Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in silver. With dust jacket. Head and foot of spine very slightly bumped, light foxing to edges; minor indentations to rear panel of unclipped jacket: a near-fine copy in like jacket.
Synopsis
Switch Bitch is a 1974 short story collection for adults by Roald Dahl. The book is made up of four stories: "The Visitor," "The Great Switcheroo," "The Last Act," and "Bitch". The stories had been written by Dahl for Playboy magazine and published separately in 1965.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170854
- Title
- Switch Bitch.
- Author
- DAHL, Roald
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Michael Joseph,
- Date Published
- 1974
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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