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- PublisherLittlehampton Book Services Ltd
- Publication date1974
- ISBN 10 0575018127
- ISBN 13 9780575018129
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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AS WE ARE NOW
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Victor Gollancz, London,
(1974)
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ISBN 13: 9780575018129
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AS WE ARE NOW: A NOVEL.
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Victor Gollancz,, London,
(1974)
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ISBN 13: 9780575018129
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 134. Original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering at spine. The publisher's own retained copy with their stamp on the title page reading 'archive copy'. ISBN: 05750181 Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. Excellent condition. Seller Inventory # C53575
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