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London Picador and Pan Books, 1981, paperback. Novel. Reprint (first Australian edition was 1952). Softcover. Condition: very good (pages tanned). -- Author born 1907, Trinidadian novelist, living in Australia after 1947. ISBN 0330263501

Melbourne: Australasian Book Society, 1952. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Stated first edition. Green cloth. Lacking dust jacket. 432 pp. First novel by de Boissiere, exploring the lives and struggles of the working class in Trinidad, including the infamous 1937 strike by workers in Trinidad, brutally suppressed by the police. GOOD condition. Heavy fading to the spine, with moderate… Read more about this item

Paperback. Acceptable.

Picador 1981. Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

allison & busby london 1981. first edition inscribed by author 361pp NF (black cloth,spine cracked but tight,author's warm inscr.to title dated 1981) in NF d/w (sl.rubbed)

picador. octavo paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs