Death of an Old Goat.
by Barnard, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0002311984
- ISBN 13
- 9780002311984
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: Crime Club / William Collins & Sons, 1974. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), red boards (gilt title on spine), jacket chipped (flap price-clipped, small edge tears minimal loss, faint foxing & toning reverse side), edges lightly foxed, slight toning pages, some edgewear, owner's name free flyleaf. 190 pp. (Death of an Old Goat, by Robert Barnard: Crime Club / William Collins, London, 1974.) This mystery novel, set in Australia, is the first novel by prolific crime fiction novelist Robert Barnard. Drummondale was not one of Australia's most distinguished seats of learning, but then Professor Belville-Smith was hardly one of England's most distinguished exports. He came, he saw, he lectured (on Mrs Gaskell and Jane Austen) - and a few hours later he was found violently and mysteriously dead. Who could have committed the crime? Inspector Royle has to find the killer. The book is a very funny send-up of university life 'down under'. The author spent six years at an Australian university, which he says has a passing resemblance to Drummondale through the staff are completely distinct. He enjoyed his stay in Australia, and met his Australian wife there.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40857
- Title
- Death of an Old Goat.
- Author
- Barnard, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0002311984
- ISBN 13
- 9780002311984
- Publisher
- Crime Club / William Collins & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- crime fiction, australian fiction, collectible, collectable
- Bookseller catalogs
- CRIME FICTION;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...