London: Faber and Faber, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Edition. Greey paper titles with titles in different colours, faded along the spine, a little chipped along edges, price clipped, now in clear protective removable cover. Book bound in cream cloth with titles in black and red on the spine, clean bright and square. Hinge and text block firm, pages smooth and clean, very lightly age-toned, no spotting, no inscriptions. Upper closed page edge dyed pink. A very neat and tidy copy of this book.

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Bookseller: David's Bookshop (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 037167
Title: The Gay and Melancholy Flux
Author: William Saroyan
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1937
Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾

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Open since 1963, David's Bookshop & Music Shop are located in two linked shops in Eastcheap, Letchworth Garden City, only a few minutes walk from Morrisons supermarket, the railway station and Letchworth Shopping Centre. There is ample parking nearby. As the world's first Garden City, Letchworth has much to offer visitors. We stock books and guides about Letchworth's past and present. At the Bookshop you will find a comprehensive range of fiction, non-fiction, text books, maps and best-sellers in stock. Travellers, walkers, computer users and local historians are especially well catered for. We can supply any book in print and there are always many titles on special offer. The book collector - or second-hand browser - can check out a growing selection of our 15,000 second-hand and antiquarian books available for purchase through the internet. If you have good quality books to sell - bring them in for a quick appraisal and a fair offer. You can rely upon our staff's advice who really know about books. Contact us online at www.davids-bookshops.co.uk.

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