Richard Bolitho: Midshipman Tapa dura - 1976

Putnam, 1976. First American Edition.. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Book and dust jacket in excellent, unmarked condition. jacket unclipped and unworn, but folded slightly off-center, so that tops of letters in title on spine not visible when displayed on shelf.

Putnam, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The jacket is a bit rubbed, soiled and edgeworn but has suffered minimal paper loss - one small sticker. Internally clean and tightly bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New York: G.P. Putnam Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. 1st. Hardcover. 0399205144 . DJ shows very light shelf wear, discoloration.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Stated 1st American edition which followed the British by 1 year. ; Richard Bolitho; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 159 pages; Douglas Reeman created the pseudonym Alexander Kent to differentiate this from his other series. This volume of the Bolitho novels was written eighth but chronologically this is first, introducing the title character. "The book opens with Richard Bolitho arriving at an inn frequented by Midshipmen in Portsmouth. There he meets another midshipman Martyn Dancer. They are retrieved by a lieutenant from the Gorgon. The ship sails towards West Africa, where they encounter an empty Merchantman, the City of Athens. Dancer and Bolitho are sent aboard the ship, and discover that the ship has been pillaged and the crew killed. The officers soon deduce that the ship… Leer más

NY: Putnam's, 1976. 1st U.S. . Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 158pp. Prev owner's signature on front pastedown. In protected priced dj with light wear at spine & edges. Difficult to locate in priced dj.

Putnam Pub Group (T), 1976-05. Hardcover. Good.