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Face to Face
by Nadine Gordimer
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good Only
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€794.34€714.91
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Johannesburg : Silver Leaf Books, 1949. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good Only. 7.5" by 5". None. A signed first edition of Nadine Gordimer's 'Face to Face' - a collection of short stories by the author. Scarce signed and with dustwrapper. There are sixteen stories featured in the book, including 'Ah, Woe is Me', 'La Vie Boheme', and 'The Talisman'. Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer and political activist. This is Gordimer's first work. Signed on the title page. In a blue cloth binding with a clipped dustwrapper. Externally generally smart. Light discolouration to head of spine and light shelfwear. Ink signature to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper sound with loss to head of the spine, chipping, edgewear and closed tears and folds. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MOD8-D-11
- Title
- Face to Face
- Author
- Nadine Gordimer
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Silver Leaf Books
- Place of Publication
- Johannesburg
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- face to face nadine gordimer short stories nadine gordimer
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- Dustwrapper
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