Post Captain.
de O'Brian, Patrick
- Usado
- Estado
- good to very good
- ISBN 10
- 0002216574
- ISBN 13
- 9780002216579
- Librería
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
ST Jame's Place, London: William Collins Sons & Co., 1972. Undetermined. good to very good. 1st UK Edition. 414pp. Octavo. Original light blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Ends of spine are lightly bumped with some fading towards edges of boards; There is also a little bit of light staining to the front board and more so to the back board, with some mild rippling to the cloth. Clean, tight text block. In dust jacket, not price clipped; jacket is somewhat rubbed with some wear to edges in places. The jacket is wrinkled and wrippled on the back where it seems to have been affected by some moisture. A nice copy. good to very good A book in the AubreyÑaturin series of novels written by O'Brian, a celebrated English Author. The novels are set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centred on the friendship of English naval captain Jack Aubrey and the IrishÑatalan physician Stephen Maturin. The 20-novel series is known for its well-researched and highly detailed portrayal of early 19th-century life, as well as its authentic and evocative language. 1972
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Detalles
- Librería
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 132409
- Título
- Post Captain.
- Autor
- O'Brian, Patrick
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Undetermined
- Estado del libro
- Usado - good to very good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0002216574
- ISBN 13
- 9780002216579
- Editorial
- William Collins Sons & Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- ST Jame's Place, London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1972
- Palabras clave
- Aubrey-Maturin Series|English Author|English Lit|First Edition|Literature|Modern 1STS|Napoleonic Wars|Royal Navy
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.