SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 8th. number line.* Date of Publication: 2006* Publisher: Black Swan.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing gates and a driveway. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. Light reading creases to spine, not to hinge. Slight crease to front cover. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning, minor damp distortion to prelims. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 506 pp. text. vi pp. acknowledgements, and advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- At St Oswald's, a long-established boys' grammar school in the north of England, a new year has just begun. For the staff and boys of the school, a wind of unwelcome change is blowing. Suits, paperwork and Information Technology rule the world; and Roy Straitley, the eccentric veteran Latin master, is finally - reluctantly - contemplating retirement. But beneath the little rivalries, petty disputes and everyday crises of the school, a darker undercurrent stirs. And a bitter grudge, hidden and carefully nurtured for thirteen years, is about to erupt.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st./1st. fnl. with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1350
Title: Gentlemen & Players
Author: Harris, Joanne
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - VG/VG/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st. Edn, 8th. Imp.
ISBN 10: 0552770027
ISBN 13: 9780552770026
Publisher: Black Swan
Place of Publication: London UK 512
Date Published: 2006-06-05
Size: 12.7 x 3.2 x 19.8 cm

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