A PRINCE OF THE CAPTIVITY
de Buchan., John
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- VG++/VG++/GD
- Librería
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Reprint* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1951* Publisher: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Scarlet cloth, gilt title to spine and logo to face. No bumps, very slight rubs to corners and bottom edge. VG++* Jacket condition: Maroon and cream paper dust wrapper with text and decoration. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 5s. net. Top & bottom edges and head & tail of spine chipped and worn. Spine dull and aged. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight foxing to fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 464 pp. text.* Description: Buchan's thriller in which he explores the rise of fascism and self-seeking materialism, an unique spy novel of WW I and events in post war Germany. The epic story of one man's courage. Adam Melfort is an officer and a gentleman. A brilliant career lies ahead of him until he is imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Afterwards, Adam embarks on daring missions in the service of his country. Dangerous work behind enemy lines in World War I and espionage in 1920s Germany are adventures he bravely undertakes.* A NEAR VG++ copy with some dust jacket age and wear reducing it to VG*
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- Librería
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 4947
- Título
- A PRINCE OF THE CAPTIVITY
- Autor
- Buchan., John
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - VG++/VG++/GD
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Thus Reprint,
- Editorial
- THOMAS NELSON & SONS
- Lugar de publicación
- London Uk 464
- Fecha de publicación
- 1951-01-01
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Cocksparrow Books
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Salisbury, Wiltshire
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
