A Gentle Occupation
by Bogarde, Dirk (1921-1999)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0701125055
- ISBN 13
- 9780701125059
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London : Chatto & Windus. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Goo. Hardcover. 0701125055 . Blue Hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine. A Very Good++ book with bright, unmarked pages and a sound binding. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good condition. "Bogarde's debut novel, set in 1945, concerns the period after the war as the British Army attempts to carry out a caretaking operation on an island seething with revolt following the Japanese occupation." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 360 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26681
- Title
- A Gentle Occupation
- Author
- Bogarde, Dirk (1921-1999)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Goo
- ISBN 10
- 0701125055
- ISBN 13
- 9780701125059
- Publisher
- London : Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- 0701125055
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction; Asia; War;
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- Jacket
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- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...