Miracles of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton: An Autobiography
by J.G. Ballard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0007270720
- ISBN 13
- 9780007270729
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Fourth Estate, London, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 278 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Previous owner has cut their name from the front endpaper. A fine unread copy.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. The author of Empire of the Sun charts the course of his life from his early childhood in Shanghai, internment in a WWII prison camp, his early attempts at fiction while stationed in Canada and his life as a single father in Britain after the premature death of his wife. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Britain/UK; 20th century; ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9780007270729. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9043. . 9780007270729
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9043
- Title
- Miracles of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton: An Autobiography
- Author
- J.G. Ballard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0007270720
- ISBN 13
- 9780007270729
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- BZDB137 j.g. ballard, china, autobiography, empire of the sun, Britain/UK; 20th century; EAN: 9780007270729 J.G. Ballard Miracles of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton: An Autobiography
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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