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Mooncranker's Gift
by Unsworth, Barry
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Blue cloth with gilt & silver lettering and design (roughly) 8 1/2" by 5 3/4" (inches), orange top edge, head band, orange end papers, 288 pages, Near Fine condition with faint edge wear, dus jacket is in Very Good condiltion with some browning to spine, a couple of open edge chips with some lesser edge wear, now in Mylar. "The celebrated Mooncracker, now a pitiful alcoholic deserted by his secretary, his mind almost deranged by drink, was once a formative influence on James Farnaby. He sends James to find Miranda, his secretary & James's childhood sweatheart, at the Turkish spa where sexual liberalism prevails." Check out the scans. . 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Peter Unsworth;. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012387
- Title
- Mooncranker's Gift
- Author
- Unsworth, Barry
- Illustrator
- Peter Unsworth;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st American Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Unsworth, Barry Mooncranker's Gift Peter Unsworth; Houghton Mifflin "The celebrated Mooncracker, now a pitiful alcoholic deserted by his secretary, his mind almost deranged by drink, was once a formative influence on James Farnaby. He sends
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- Fiction;
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Spine
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