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A Cab At The Door. An Autobiography: Early Years. SIGNED COPY.
by PRITCHETT, V.S.:
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Chatto & Windus, 1968 1st. Hardback, 8 x 5 inches. Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW some darkening and minor fading to spine and edges, some minor rubbing to corners and ends of spine, else clean and bright. Front corner price clipped. In protective sleeve.) Some minor fading to top and bottom edges of cloth. Authors inscription to front endpaper, “For Louis Hughes, with the Authors best wishes, VS Pritchett.” And signed again on title page. Inside pages all very clean, bright and tight throughout. Else a very clean and tight copy. 238pp. Illustrated with 3 B&W photo portraits at rear.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- A Cab At The Door. An Autobiography: Early Years. SIGNED COPY.
- Author
- PRITCHETT, V.S.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Chatto & Windus, 1968 1st
- Keywords
- Literature PRITCHETT, V.S.: autobiography, short stories, behavior, wit, character, writing, 1968, 1st, dustwrapper, A Cab At The Door, signed, early years, photo portraits
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About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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