Ordeal
by Shute, Nevil
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WESTBANK, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York, : William Morrow, , 1939. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gift inscription dated Christmas 1939. Dark blue cloth stamped in gilt.. Tight and square. Book retains the original dark staining to the top of the pages and is enclosed in a plastic dust cover. Authors 3rd book. This is an early WWII era novel, " not so much a study of war as of the human spirit, of its infinite capacity to endure, and to reshape the world.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003065
- Title
- Ordeal
- Author
- Shute, Nevil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- William Morrow,
- Place of Publication
- New York,
- Date Published
- 1939
- Pages
- 280
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE
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WESTBANK, British Columbia
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...