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Sixpence House

by Paul Collins

About this title: A bibliophile's pilgrimage to where book lovers go when they die-Hay-on-Wye. Paul Collins and his family abandoned the hills of San Francisco to move to the Welsh countryside-to move, in fact, to the little cobblestone village of Hay-on-Wye, the 'Town of Books' that boasts fifteen hundress inhabitants-and forty bookstores. Antiquarian bookstores, no less. Hay's newest citizens accordingly take up residence in a sixteenth-century apartment over a bookstore, meeting the village's large population of misfits and bibliomaniacs by working for world-class eccentric Richard Booth-the self-declared ... read more

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Sixpence House

by Paul Collins

price: £6.07

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Date Published: 2003 ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: GOOD in GOOD jacket. USED Ex-Library Book. read more

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Book: Good

 

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Sixpence House

by Paul Collins

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Date Published: 2003-04-03 ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Like New. **this is the LARGE PRINT edition, very nice clean book, appears never read, read more

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books

by Collins, Paul [Dust Wrapper Design By John Gall, Author Photo By Benjamin Tice Smith]

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Edition: Later Printing Binding: Hard Cover Publisher: Bloomsbury [c.2003], [New York] Date Published: 2003 ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Later [3rd] printing of the first US edition. 246+ pages, map endpapers. VG+ copy [spine ends bumped, minor bumping to the boards] in VG+ or better Dust Wrapper [nicking and some creasing to the spine head, light wear to some corners]. read more

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Book: Very Good

 

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Sixpence House

by Paul Collins

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Date Published: 2003-04-03 ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Very Good. Clean, unmarked interior. Solid binding. Dustjacket with very slight shelfwear. read more

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Book: Very Good

 

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Sixpence House-Lost in a Town of Books

by Collins, Paul

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Binding: Hard Cover ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Bloomsbury 2003. All books in VG or better condition. read more

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Book: Very Good

 

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Sixpence House--Lost in a Town of Books

by Collins, Paul

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Edition: First Edition Binding: Cloth Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Date Published: 2003 ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Type: Hard Back STATED FIRST EDITION, THIRD PRINTING. FINE CONDITION BOOK IN VERY GOOD JACKET. Clean, bright, tight, unmarked. Brown boards with gilt lettering on spine. Endpapers illustration of Hay, Wales. Jacket clean and bright, minimal edgewear on spine ends and corners, 1/4" closed tear on upper edge. Mylar cover. A move to a village in Wales: Hay-0n-Wye, the "Town of Books", with 1, 500 inhabitants and forty bookstores, Antiquarian ... read more

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Sixpence House Lost in a Town of Books

by Collins, Paul

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Edition: First U S Edition Binding: Soft Cover Publisher: Bloomsbury, New York Date Published: 2003 ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Excellent. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 239 pgs. Lost in a Town of Books. read more

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Sixpence House Lost in a Town of Books

by Collins, Paul

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Edition: First Edition Binding: Hard Cover Publisher: Bloomsbury, New York Date Published: 2003 ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First Edition, 8vo., pp.246---Book Condition VG++ Clean, no marks, no signatures, hinge tight, illustrated endpapers pristine--Dust-jacket VG not clipped, evidence of sticker removal on back and shelf wear to fore edges and slight tear to top fore corner ow clean, no chips. protected in poly-fit sleeve. "Inviting readers into a sanctuary for book lovers, and guiding us through the production of the author's own first book, SIXPENCE HOUSE is ... read more

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Book: Very Good

 

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Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books

by Collins, Paul

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Bloomsbury Second Printing 2003 ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. Paul Collins and his family abondoned the hills of San Francisco to move to the Welsh countryside-to move, in fact, to the little cobblestone village of Hay-on-Wye, the ģTown of Booksī, boasting 1, 500 inhabitants...and forty bookstores. Antiquarian bookstores, no less. read more

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books

by Collins, Paul

price: £14.00

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Edition: First American Edition Binding: Hard Cover Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, New York, New York, U.S.A. Date Published: 2003 ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Very good in a Very good dustjacket. (First American Edition-third Printing) read more

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Book: Very Good

 

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Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books

by Collins, Paul

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Blommsbury, NY Date Published: 2003 ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1582342849. First American printing. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. read more

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Sixpence House

by Collins, Paul

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Edition: First Edition Binding: Hardcover; Third Printing ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1-58234-284-9. Hardcover. Bloomsbury USA, 2003. 1st Edition/3rd Printing. Near Fine Book in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Light shelf wear to Book and Jacket. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new removable archival protector. Bubble-wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more

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Book: Very Good

 

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Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books

by Collins, Paul

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Edition: First edition. First US ed. Binding: Hard cover Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Date Published: 2003 ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Dust jacket in archival Brodart cover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 224 p. Audience: General/trade. Volume looks great in archival cover. read more

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books

by Collins, Paul:

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Edition: First U.S. Edition Binding: Hard Cover Publisher: Bloomsbury, New York Date Published: 2003 ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Fine in Fine jacket. BOOKS-ON-BOOKS: TOWN OF BOOKS: HAY-ON-WYE: 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. 246 pages. "A book that touches on everything to do with books: publishing, authorship, the antiquarian book business, obscure books reintroduced to a new public and above all, the town of books, Hay-on-Wye. " But it's your wonderful notes to us, your booksellers, that makes us stay in this business we love so much. //Fine book in fine Dust Jacket in a protective mylar cover. read more

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Sixpence House

by Collins, Paul

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Edition: First Edition Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Bloomsbury Books Date Published: 2003

Description: VG/VG- 8.3 x 5.3 Inches| 224 pages. read more

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Book: Very Good

 

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Sixpence House

by Collins, Paul

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Bloomsbury USA ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Fine. 1582342849 Fine in fine dustjacket. First U.S. Edition. read more

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books

by Collins, Paul

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Edition: First Edition Binding: Hard Cover Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, New York, New York, U.S.A. Date Published: 2003 ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A new copy. read more

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books

by Collins, Paul

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Edition: First U.S. Edition Binding: Hard Cover Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, New York, New York, U.S.A. Date Published: 2003 ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: New in New jacket. New, hc with DJ, 246pp. read more

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Book: New

 

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Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books

by Collins, Paul

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Edition: Second Printing Binding: Hard Cover Publisher: Bloomsbury, New York Date Published: 2003 ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: 249 pages, map endpapers, 8vo, brown boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. read more

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Sixpence House Lost in a Town of Books [ 1st ]

by Collins, Paul

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Edition: First Edition First Printing Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, New York Date Published: 2003 ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Fine in a near fine dust jacket. read more

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Sixpence House

by Paul Collins

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Binding: Hardcover ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more

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Book: Good

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Sixpence House

by Paul Collins

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Date Published: 2003 ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Good. Some wear to cover and edges, otherwise good condition. read more

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Book: Good

 

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Sixpence House

by Paul Collins

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Binding: Hardcover ISBN-13: 9781582342849 ISBN: 1582342849

Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more

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Book: Very Good

 

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Sixpence House

by Paul Collins

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