The Winners
by Cortazar, Julio
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0850315972
- ISBN 13
- 9780850315974
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Allison & Busby, London, 1986. First Edition. Softcover (Illustrated). Good. Colour illustrated paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. "The winners of a mystery cruise in a special state lottery could not be more different. And not long after they have left the jubilant dockside café in Buenos Aires the tensions emerge. For, quarantined from a certain part of the ship, served by a silent and forbidding crew, and treated more like prisoners than winners, they split into two groups: hose who want to know what's really going on, and those who prefer to let sleeping dogs lie ..."  from the rear panel blurb. Rubbing of the book edges and panels with reading creases of the backstrip. Tanning of the text block edges and pages. A few scores to the book laminate. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 374, [4] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Argentina; ISBN: 0850315972. ISBN/EAN: 9780850315974. Inventory No: 0130559. . 9780850315974
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0130559
- Title
- The Winners
- Author
- Cortazar, Julio
- Format/Binding
- Softcover (Illustrated)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0850315972
- ISBN 13
- 9780850315974
- Publisher
- Allison & Busby
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Literature, political fable, surreal thriller, winners of lottery Literature & Literary; Argentina; Unbranded ISBN: 0850315972 EAN: 9780850315974 Cortazar, Julio The Winners
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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