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A Town like Alice
de Shute, Nevil
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very good, 1st thus in Book Club edition; missing d/j; green clothbound boards a little rubbed and grubby in places; black spine
- Librería
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: The Book Club, 1956. 1st thus. hardback. Very good, 1st thus in Book Club edition; missing d/j; green clothbound boards a little rubbed and grubby in places; black spine titling clear; text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). A Town Like Alice (United States title: The Legacy) is a romance novel by Nevil Shute, published in 1950 when Shute had newly settled in Australia. Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman, becomes romantically interested in a fellow prisoner of World War II in Malaya, and after liberation emigrates to Australia to be with him, where she attempts, by investing her substantial financial inheritance, to generate economic prosperity in a small outback communityÑto turn it into ""a town like Alice"" i.e. Alice Springs.
Sinopsis
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.
Reseñas
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Engaging read, hard to put down.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- IYC105065
- Título
- A Town like Alice
- Autor
- Shute, Nevil
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very good, 1st thus in Book Club edition; missing d/j; green clothbound boards a little rubbed and grubby in places; black spine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st thus
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- The Book Club
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1956
- Páginas
- 270
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- fiction, 1st thus, Australia, romance, Shute
- Catálogos del vendedor
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
Términos de venta
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
