A Happy Man
by P. J. Kavanagh
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG-/VG-
- ISBN 10
- 070111858X
- ISBN 13
- 9780701118587
- Seller
-
Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1972. Kavanagh's second novel inscribed "To Pat from Patrick Sept 1972" on ffep and also signed on title page. Orange covers with gilt lettering to spine, 227pp. Covers have lightly bumped corners, dusty page edges and top fore corners of four leaves (pp177-184) have been badly cut in production. Intact DJ has modest wear to extremities and sunning to spine and top edges. But overall a very decent copy. Ref:082666. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. VG-/VG-. 13.5cmx20.5cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002666
- Title
- A Happy Man
- Author
- P. J. Kavanagh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 070111858X
- ISBN 13
- 9780701118587
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 13.5cmx20.5cm
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Leaves
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- VG-/VG-
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- Title Page
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- FFEP
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- Cloth
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