The Adaptable Man
by Frame, Janet
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ in Poor 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. Good+ in Poor dust jacket. (1965). First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's ex-libris label on front endpaper. Some staining and spotting to page edges. Some loss to dust wrapper, including large surface chip to paper near tail of spine, and loss of some words on dust wrapper flaps. Some tape repairs to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; This New Zealand edition is the true first edition. 270 pages. Black cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. "A contemporary ingredient in the cauldron world of the witch-novelist is a pilot's thumb. Yet the old mixture remains: entrails, toads got from beneath a stone, fashionable racial scapegoats (Shakespeare has 'blaspheming Jews', 'nose of Turk', 'Tartar's Lips') , souls and bodies strangled at birth; murderers, adulterers. Mix, and bring forth a prophecy.]" - opening paragraph.; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4932
- Title
- The Adaptable Man
- Author
- Frame, Janet
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Poor dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Pegasus Press
- Place of Publication
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Date Published
- (1965)
- Keywords
- New Zealand Literature English
Terms of Sale
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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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- Poor
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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