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The Admiral's Baby: An Extraordinary Episode in Twentieth-Century History by Post, Laurens Van Der
- Bookseller: Westside Stories
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 30907
- Format: Hardback with DJ.
- Quantity available: 1
- Edition: First Ed USA, First Printing indicated.
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0688151043
- ISBN 13: 9780688151041
- Publisher: William Morrow & Company,
- Place: New York, NY
- Date published: 1997.
- Pages: 340
- Size: 6.5 x 10 x 1.25 inches
- Weight: 1.4 pounds
Description
New York, NY William Morrow & Company, 1997. Hardback with DJ. First Ed USA, First Printing indicated. First Ed USA, First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minor indications of use. Book shows upper front corner ever-so-slightly bumped; very light shelfwear along the bottom edge; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows a little rubbing; price unclipped; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, BUT FORMER OWNER'S RUBBER-STAMPED INSIGNIA AT FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 340pp. Not Inscribed or Signed by Author.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
front free endpaper : The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book. It may be plain or decorative.
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's use.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
remainder : Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder mark.
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shelfwear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
Book summary
An autobiographical account of van der Post's release from a Japanese prison camp on the Java at the close of the Second World War. In a bizarre twist of fate, his former captors, hoping to preserve the peace in a land on the brink of turmoil, ask him to stay on until the allied troops arrive.
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