Fortune, My Foe
by DAVIES, ROBERTSON
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1949. First Edition. wrappers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Printed wraps in a matching dust jacket. Signed by the author on title page. Book in fine condition despite moderate edgewear. Previous owner's name and date in blue ink in top right corner. Dust jacket chipped at head and foot of spine, also very lightly worn at edges and flap folds. A great copy overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32171
- Title
- Fortune, My Foe
- Author
- DAVIES, ROBERTSON
- Format/Binding
- Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Clarke Irwin
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1949
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Fine
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- Wrappers
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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...
- 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...
- First Edition
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