Swimming with My Father: A Memoir
by Jeal, Tim
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0571221009
- ISBN 13
- 9780571221004
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Faber & Faber, London, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Pale blue coloured endpapers. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, showing the author as a young boy with his father. The the text is illustrated with black-and-white photography. Blue coloured boards with pale yellow coloured titles to the back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, a colorised version of the frontispiece, with tan and dark blue coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. At the age of four, in 1949, the author was introduced to swimming in England's rivers by his father. "Swimming with My Father is a piercingly honest account of growing up in the convention-bound 1950s. Tim Jeal spent his childhood torn between a worldly mother and a father who was a Christian mystic, conscientious objector, and devoted swimmer of England's rivers." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. A little rubbing of the book corners and back strip corners. Light tanning of the text block edges and pages. Some handling marks to the dustwrapper panel with rubbing of the edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 198, [6] pages,.. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Britain/UK; ISBN: 0571221009. ISBN/EAN: 9780571221004. Inventory No: 0121068. . 9780571221004
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0121068
- Title
- Swimming with My Father: A Memoir
- Author
- Jeal, Tim
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0571221009
- ISBN 13
- 9780571221004
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Tim Jeal, autobiography, Britain, swimming, 1950s Biography & Autobiography; Britain/UK; Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 0571221009 EAN: 9780571221004 Jeal, Tim Swimming with My Father: A Memoir
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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