About this title: The creator of the character of Rumpole, a playwright, the son who immortalized a parent in "A Voyage Round My Father", this book is the autobiography of John Mortimer. This book won the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780140063837ISBN:0140063838
Description: Good. Good Condition. Reasonable wear-still very useable. Text appears free of marks, writing, and highlighting. May have bookstore-related stamps/stickers/marks. Multiple copies may be available. SHIPS W/IN 24 HOURS! FREE INSURANCE on all orders! E-mail notification! Careful, thorough packaging. Fast, personal service. No hassle, full refund return policy! COMBINE SHIPPING-TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER BOOKS/CDs/MOVIES AVAILABLE! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 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
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Only good, with more than average condition problems for its age. Book has been read but remains straight clean and tight. No internal markings but for former owner's name inside front cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ticknor & Fields
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780899191331ISBN:0899191339
Description: Fine in Good dustjacket. Book as new. DJ whole, bright, clean; rear slightly wrinkled, edges a little sunned, spine ends tattered. read more
Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ticknor & Fields, New York
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780899191331ISBN:0899191339
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. PICTORIAL DUST JACKET WRAPPED IN MYLAR. RED CLOTH COVER. INTERIOR PAGES STAMPED "DISCARD" AND HAVE SLIGHT STAINING. read more
Description: Mortimer, John. Clinging to the Wreckage: A Part of Life. New Haven: Ticknor & Fields, 1982. ISBN 0899191339. vii, 200 pp. Red cloth, lightly worn with gilt spine in a worn dust jacket. Internally clean. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ticknor & Fields
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780899191331ISBN:0899191339
Description: Very Good in Near Fine jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; First Edition, 1st printing. Former owners name on ffep else fine with no rips, tears or other marks of any kind, clean, tight and straight. DJ showsvery light edge wear. Email for photo. read more
"Well, I love JM. Because he created Rumpole, my solid companion through thick and thin. I do also like his daughter Emily. So, I am sad he has passed on, but glad I can re-read all these books."
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