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THE QUEST OF NOEL CROUCHER : Hong Kong's Quiet Philanthropist (Signed Copy)
de England, Vaudine
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Good +/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 9622094732
- ISBN 13
- 9789622094734
- Librería
-
Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1998. xiii, + 381pp., b/white map-printed endpapers, two unpaginated b/white photographically-illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Plain boards undamaged. Author signature to title page. Trivial flecks to text-block head, else leaves clean and unmarked. Tiny spot to reverse surface of illustrated dustjacket, which has sunned strips to foredge folds, minimal edge-creasing and rubbing. From the rear panel: "Noel Croucher was a legend in his own time - a raconteur, yet a recluse, conventional yet eccentric, extremely rich yet mean to himself. And all the while, he had a secret penchant for philanthropy . . . Hundreds of interviews, thousands of letters and extensive research in Britain and Hong Kong, together with access to the unique Carl T. Smith Collection, combine to make this original story an authoritative and fascinating read." Contents include: Foreword (Dr. Elizabeth Sinn), Author's Note, The Croucher Family Tree, Chapters One to Sixteen, Appendix - Letters to Joan Scrivener, Notes, Bibliography, Index, Trustees of The Croucher Foundation. Book weight approx. 910g. * Customers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 011923
- Título
- THE QUEST OF NOEL CROUCHER : Hong Kong's Quiet Philanthropist (Signed Copy)
- Autor
- England, Vaudine
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good +
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 9622094732
- ISBN 13
- 9789622094734
- Editorial
- Hong Kong University Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Hong Kong
- Fecha de publicación
- 1998
- Palabras clave
- BIOGRAPPHY, SIGNED BOOKS, NOEL CROUCHER (1891-1980), VAUDINE ENGLAND, REPORTER, COPY
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Signed Books;
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Diversity Books, IOBA
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Diversity Books, IOBA
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Korumburra, Victoria
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