Flame Thrower
by WILSON, ANDREW
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
William Kimber 1956. FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 202pp, illus/photos, VG+ (v sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, light foxing to prelims & pgs throughout) in d/w, VG (light chipping & staining to edges, light chafing & soiling)
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 295173
- Title
- Flame Thrower
- Author
- WILSON, ANDREW
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Kimber 1956
- Keywords
- military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 British army Andrew Wilson autobiography weaponry crocodiles tanks first edition
Terms of Sale
Hard To Find Books
Fast and professional shipping. All stock is returnable within seven days of receipt if it does not match description.
About the Seller
Hard To Find Books
Biblio member since 2004
DUNEDIN, Auckland
About Hard To Find Books
New Zealand's largest Bookdealer.We stock:History, First Editions, Military,Science, Law, Car manuals, Antiquarian, Genealogy, New Zealand, Travel, Art, Politics, Royalty, Aviation, Science, Technology, Humanities, Sport, Nautical,Poetry, Literature etc
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting Disneyana
Welcome to the wonderful world of collecting Walt Disney! From letters signed by Disney himself to classic children’s books or ephemera, be sure to check out some of the collectible Walt Disney books on Biblio!
What did people buy in 2020?
Plague journals, escapist literature, political history: explore our year in review, where we share rare book trends and a gallery of some of the most beautiful and interesting books sold in 2020.
