W.S.C. A Cartoon Biography
by Urquhart, Fred (compiled by), Nicolson, Harold (foreword)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Cassell & Co Ltd, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Size: Large Octavo. 242 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket shows minor wear at edges, small chips and tears, and is foxed here and there. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. The book is available and ready to ship. To mark his eightieth birthday, this volume uses the world's greatest cartoonists the illustrate the great life and political career of Winston Spencer Churchill. A truly marvellous book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Britain/UK; 20th century; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9653. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9653
- Title
- W.S.C. A Cartoon Biography
- Author
- Urquhart, Fred (compiled by), Nicolson, Harold (foreword)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- BZDB137 winston churchill, biography, britain, prime minister, Biography & Autobiography; Britain/UK; 20th century; Unbranded Urquhart, Fred (compiled by), Nicolson, Harold (foreword) W.S.C. A Cartoon Biography
Terms of Sale
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King River, Western Australia
About Great Southern Books
We are an independent online bookstore and have been in business since 2012.
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- Tight
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- Foxed
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- Octavo
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