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ATHABASCA
by MacLean, Alistair
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385172044
- ISBN 13
- 9780385172042
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1980. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A late novel from the award-winning MacLean, the crime/war-thriller author of more than two dozen international bestsellers during the mid-20th century. "Athabasca" is set in Alaska and Canada, where a group of men commit blackmail, extortion and murder as they hold the Alaska Pipeline hostage and where an American, a former oil-well firefighter may be the last hope for stopping them. Spine ends lightly bumped, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The dustjacket is slightly off-center due to a folding error in the manufacturing process, o/w there are a pair of quarter-inch tears at the top of the spine, other minor edge and corner wear. No major tears, creasing or chipping, not price-clipped. A decent copy of the later work of the author of "HMS Ulysses," "The Guns of Navarone," and "Where Eagles Dare.
Synopsis
The nail-biting tale of sabotage set in the desolate frozen wastes of two ice-bound oil fields, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005087
- Title
- ATHABASCA
- Author
- MacLean, Alistair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing, First U.S. Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0385172044
- ISBN 13
- 9780385172042
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- THRILLER, FIRST EDITION, ALASKA, OIL, CRIME, SUSPENSE,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure; Intrigue; Crime;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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