A Town Like Alice
by Nevil Shute
- Used
- Acceptable
- Paperback
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Pan Books Ltd, 1974. Paperback. Acceptable. 1974. Fourteenth Printing. 314 pages. Pictorial paperback. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Light foxing to page edges. Light thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has light edge wear with minimal scuffing to edges and creasing. Light rubbing to surfaces with slight curling to corners. Book has rolled spine. Light sunning to spine and edges.
Synopsis
A Town Like Alice is a novel by the Australian author Nevil Shute. It tells the story of Jean Paget; as a prisoner of war in Malaya during World War II and then her return to Malaya after the war where she discovers something that leads her on the search for romance and to a small outback community in Australia where she sets out to turn it into 'a town like Alice'. It was first published in 1950 when Shute had newly settled in Australia.
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On Feb 18 2012, Jonanhereandnowyahoocom said:
Engaging read, hard to put down.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1658154310LSA
- Title
- A Town Like Alice
- Author
- Nevil Shute
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Pan Books Ltd
- Date Published
- 1974
Terms of Sale
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...