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Switch Bitch
by Dahl, Roald
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394494733
- ISBN 13
- 9780394494739
- Seller
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Rapid River, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. Stated First Edition. Red full-cloth boards, gilt stamped spine titles and RD at cover, light shelf wear. Deckled pages fine. Dust wrapper, fine; unclipped 5.95, protected in new, clear sleeve. Very attractive. Classic jacket illustration by Charles Shields of symmetrical reclining bare women, men facing each other, and a woman w/large bust in red, white and blue haltertop w/silhouette of Egyptian setting in b.g. Near fine first edition in same wrapper. These four stories originally appearing in Playboy are, by turns, funny, bawdy, touching, and outrageous. They are for lovers of tales that combine the macabre and the erotic with intriguing twists of plot. Contains four stories: "The Visitor," "The Great Switcheroo," "The Last Act," and "Bitch." 140 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Synopsis
Switch Bitch is a 1974 short story collection for adults by Roald Dahl. The book is made up of four stories: "The Visitor," "The Great Switcheroo," "The Last Act," and "Bitch". The stories had been written by Dahl for Playboy magazine and published separately in 1965.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BiblioStax (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016300
- Title
- Switch Bitch
- Author
- Dahl, Roald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394494733
- ISBN 13
- 9780394494739
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
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Rapid River, Michigan
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Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....