A Wild Ass of a Man
by Oakley, Barry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
F. W. Cheshire, Melbourne, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Dark red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. A little rubbing to the backstrip and book edges. Age toning of the internal pages. Offset tanning to the endpapers. Colour photographic dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the backstrip. A little rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and dustwrapper panels. Handling marks to the dustwrapper panels. The adventures of James Muldoon, who bluffs his way through life. From university, to teaching through to being an artist, he roller coasts from one disaster to another. In the end he decides that he is not mad but the world is and tries to set it right. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (6), 186 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Australiana; Australia; Inventory No: 0113161. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0113161
- Title
- A Wild Ass of a Man
- Author
- Oakley, Barry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- F. W. Cheshire
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Novel -- Australian -- Literature Literature & Literary; Australiana; Australia; Unbranded Oakley, Barry A Wild Ass of a Man
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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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- First Edition
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- Offset
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Dustwrapper
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