Fair Stood the Wind for France
de H.E. Bates
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good +/Fair
- Librería
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1944 Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA. 1944. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Good +; light soiling to textblock top; light bumping to head, tail, and tips; light soiling to top and bottom of spine from missing DJ parts. DJ: Fair; NOT Price Clipped ($2.50); missing pieces at head and tail; wear to tips and flap folds. Maroon cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 270 pp 8vo. This book is a novel set during World War II. The story follows a group of British airmen who are forced to crash-land in Nazi-occupied France. The novel explores the relationships between the airmen and the French villagers who help them, as well as the challenges they face in trying to escape back to England. The book is known for its vivid descriptions of the French countryside, as well as its portrayal of the bravery and humanity of ordinary people caught up in the chaos of war. It is considered a classic of wartime literature and has been praised for its evocative prose and powerful storytelling. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
Sinopsis
Fair Stood the Wind for France is a novel written by British author H. E. Bates, it was first published in 1944 and was his first financial success. The title comes from the first line of Agincourt, a poem by Michael Drayton (1563-1631).
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Detalles
- Librería
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 016895
- Título
- Fair Stood the Wind for France
- Autor
- H.E. Bates
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good +
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fair
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- Little, Brown and Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston, MA
- Fecha de publicación
- 1944
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Palabras clave
- World War II, France, airplanes, military fiction,
Términos de venta
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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Sobre el vendedor
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Miembro de Biblio desde 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
Sobre Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
