The English Ghost - Spectres Through Time
by Peter Ackroyd
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0701169893
- ISBN 13
- 9780701169893
- Seller
-
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 2010 Book. Near Fine. Red Cloth Boards. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A treasury of sightings of ghosts in England, packed with eerie detail! 276pp. Gilt lettering to spine, black endpapers. Minor lean to spine, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minor edgewear and tiny nick to top edge, otherwise very good..
Synopsis
PETER ACKROYD is internationally known as a novelist and cultural historian. His non-fiction books include Albion: The Origin of the English Imagination , the prize-winning London: a Biography , and most recently Venice: City of Life.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013151
- Title
- The English Ghost - Spectres Through Time
- Author
- Peter Ackroyd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0701169893
- ISBN 13
- 9780701169893
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2010
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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