Coming Up Roses Unknown - 1990

Gollancz, 1990-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. **HARDBACK** In unclipped dustjacket

London.: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1990. 214pp. . Second Impression.. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Victor Gollancz, 1990. 0575045531. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (top edge with some faint spotting - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 214 (no inscriptions).

Gollancz. First UK edition-first printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. GC.Gollancz,1990.First UK edition-first printing.Green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine)with laminated Dj(small nicks on the edges of the laminated cover),both in GC.Ex-library book with stamps and marks.Nice and clean pages with two small marks and tainted/yellow on the outer edges,some marks inside the back cover,some creases on the edge of the pages,mark on the first blank page of the book.The book is in GC but with some shelf wear.Price un-clipped.214pp.First edition. This is another paragraph Product Description: A humorous novel depicting the struggles of a homosexual MI42 operative faced with living in a far flung corner of Arabia. The author has also written Friends and Infidels and the bestselling Sucking Sherbert Lemons.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1990. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. A near Fine copy with a small mark to front endpaper caused by the erasing of a name with a complete dustjacket which has a small indentation to front VG+. A humorous novel of King Fadl who wants part of the neighbouring kingdom of Zibda, which intrudes into his kingdom. He telephones Sultan Nabil of Zibda to make him an offer he can't refuse but GCHQ are listening in and a disgraced MI42 agent, Charlie Hammond, is sent to gather information. Hammond meets an English teacher, Armitage, there and when the Ministry for the Suppression of Vice and the Encouragement of Virtue orders the circumcision of all expatriates, Hammond and Armitages's troubles are just beginning, then they are caught in flagrante by Abdul Wahhab Higgins, Jesuit turned Muslim zealot, can they escape the lash? A glorious black comedy. *** NOT EX LIB *** A1D. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Leer más

London: Victor Gollancz, 1990. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page with dedication. A near Fine copy with a touch of foxing to front endpaper with a complete dustjacket which has creasing to front. A humorous novel of King Fadl who wants part of the neighbouring kingdom of Zibda, which intrudes into his kingdom. He telephones Sultan Nabil of Zibda to make him an offer he can't refuse but GCHQ are listening in and a disgraced MI42 agent, Charlie Hammond, is sent to gather information. Hammond meets an English teacher, Armitage, there and when the Ministry for the Suppression of Vice and the Encouragement of Virtue orders the circumcision of all expatriates, Hammond and Armitages's troubles are just beginning, then they are caught in flagrante by Abdul Wahhab Higgins, Jesuit turned Muslim zealot, can they escape the lash? A glorious black comedy. *** NOT EX LIB *** A1D. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Gollancz, 1990. First UK edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED by author on half-title page (signature only). 1st UK edition, no numberline (1st printing).. Dust jacket has wear to the cap of the spine and nicks at the lower corners. Book has bumped corners. The title page is missing. 256 p. Audience: General/trade. Michael Carson is the pen name of British author Michael Wherly. He is the Writers Inc Prize-winning author of the four (! ) books of the Benson trilogy and 'The Knight of the Flaming Heart'. Uncommon signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.