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A History Maker: Available Copies
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Seller: Greener Books (London, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $4.32
Shipping: $12.49
TOTAL Cost: $16.81
**SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.
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Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE (Southport, United Kingdom) New Book
Book Price: $12.87
Shipping: $11.19
TOTAL Cost: $24.06
New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. A tale of border warfare, military and erotic, set in the twenty-third century, where the women rule the kingdom and the men play war games. But Wat, the History Maker himself, does not play entirely by the rules, and when a woman, Delilah Puddock, joins the fray, this 'utopian' history is further enlivened.
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Seller: Kennys Bookstore (Olney, MD, U.S.A.) New Book
Book Price: $14.24
Shipping: $10.50
TOTAL Cost: $24.74
A tale of border warfare, military and erotic, set in the twenty-third century, where the women rule the kingdom and the men play war games. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196. . 2005. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd. (Galway, GY, Ireland) New Book
Book Price: $13.82
Shipping: $11.26
TOTAL Cost: $25.08
A tale of border warfare, military and erotic, set in the twenty-third century, where the women rule the kingdom and the men play war games. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196. . 2005. paperback. . . . .
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A HISTORY MAKER . by Gray, Alasdair
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780151002078
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, San Diego, London (1996)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $25.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $31.00
Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First U.S. edition. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-459. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1986-2009. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#107278)
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Seller: Good Books In The Woods (Spring, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $25.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $31.00
"Stimulated by Alan Bold's criticism that his books are insufficiently Scottish Alasdair Gray has written a tale of border warfare, military and erotic, set in the Ettrick Forest of the twenty-third century." Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed and loose, small bump on spine tail, head edge lightly tanned; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. ; Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 222 pages
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A History Maker by Alasdair Gray
Hardcover
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Publisher: Canongate (1994)
Seller: Dr Martin Hemingway (Books) (Leeds, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $10.31
Shipping: $21.26
TOTAL Cost: $31.57
Blue boards with decorations in silver to front and back, and titles in silver to spine. Very slight bumping of spine ends. Slight bumping and wear on top edge of dj. A clean tight copy.
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A History Maker by GRAY, Alasdair
Paperback
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Publisher: Harcour Brace & Company, San Diego (1994)
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $40.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $45.50
Uncorrected proof. Red wrappers. Fine with publisher's material laid in.
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A History Maker by Gray, Alasdair
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780151002078
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York (1996)
Seller: Cul de Sac Books (Clarkston, GA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $44.47
Shipping: $5.00
TOTAL Cost: $49.47
F/F in mylar. A 1st edition/1st printing in fine condition with full number line. There is no wear to jacket. The jacket is not price clipped, the covers are clean and bright and the edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark. Hardcover/Cloth 240 p
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A History Maker / by Alasdair Gray for Chris Boyce by Gray, Alasdair
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780151002078
Publisher: San Diego ; London : Harcourt Brace (1996)
Seller: MW Books (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $52.00
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $52.00
Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages; Physical desc. : xv, 223 p. : map ; 20 cm. Subject: Ettrick and Lauderdale (Scotland) - Fiction 1 Kg.
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A History Maker / by Alasdair Gray for Chris Boyce by Gray, Alasdair
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780151002078
Publisher: San Diego ; London : Harcourt Brace (1996)
Seller: MW Books Ltd. (Galway, Ireland)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $38.67
Shipping: $13.89
TOTAL Cost: $52.56
Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages; Physical desc. : xv, 223 p. : map ; 20 cm. Subject: Ettrick and Lauderdale (Scotland) - Fiction 1 Kg.
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