H.M.S. Surprise
by O'BRIAN, Patrick
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0002213168
- ISBN 13
- 9780002213165
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Collins, 1973 Brown cloth titled in gilt on spine. Tight bindings, library marks in endpapers and title page, a few brown spots in pages, tape marks on cover which has only slight edge wear. Dust jacket has small price clipping, lacks most of rear flap, foxing on flaps, tape line along bottom edge which has been trimmed, rubbing to crown of spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Mainly Fiction
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004426
- Title
- H.M.S. Surprise
- Author
- O'BRIAN, Patrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0002213168
- ISBN 13
- 9780002213165
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1973
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About the Seller
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About Mainly Fiction
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- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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....
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