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Moll Flanders
by Defoe, Daniel
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG+
- ISBN 10
- 0140620257
- ISBN 13
- 9780140620252
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus* Impression: 7th.* Date of Publication: 1994 (1772)* Publisher: Penguin Popular Classics.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers. Illustrative cover showing a detail from Four Times of Day ? Morning, by William Hogarth. Different to that illustrated. No bumps or rubs. Slight creases to spine, top front corner & hinge. Slight shelf wear to boards. Spine minimally faded. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, seems un-read. Minimal tanning to top edge. VG+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 376 pp. text. iv pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- Born and abandoned in Newgate Prison, Moll Flanders is forced to make her own way in life. She duly embarks on a career that includes husband-hunting, incest, bigamy, prostitution and pick-pocketing, until her crimes eventually catch up with her. One of the earliest and most vivid female narrators in the history of the English novel, Moll recounts her adventures with irresistible wit and candour and enough guile that the reader is left uncertain whether she is ultimately a redeemed sinner or a successful opportunist.* This is a VG+ copy with minimal faults.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2170
- Title
- Moll Flanders
- Author
- Defoe, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0140620257
- ISBN 13
- 9780140620252
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 384
- This edition first published
- February 24, 1994
- Size
- 17.8 x 11.2 x 2.8 cm
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