The Palms Bend Down
by Sargent, Winston
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Christchurch: Printed at the Caxton Press. Fair with no dust jacket. [1945]. First Edition. Hardcover. Lacking the spine. Spine pasted over with later paper, with typed title. Foxing to boards. Some insect damage to front endpaper. Previous owner's ex-libris label "Frank G. Glen"". "Glen Historic Collection" rubber stamp on rear endpaper. A reading copy. ; 254 pages. Papered boards. Page dimensions: 212 x 139mm. A historical novel based on events of World War Two. The novel is told largely in the form of diary extracts and letters. "The names of characters in this book, other than those of well-known public figures, are purely ficitionious and do not refer to any living persons." Contents: Prologue; Into Camp and Away; Eastern Pageant; First Libyan Campaign; Greece and Crete; Second Libyan Campaign; Syrian Interlude; Back to Libya; To Bardia; Tunisian Finale; Furlough; Epilogue. [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall S172]. ; 8vo; .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13986
- Title
- The Palms Bend Down
- Author
- Sargent, Winston
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed at the Caxton Press
- Place of Publication
- Christchurch
- Date Published
- [1945]
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- G
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- First Edition
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- Fair
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- Reading Copy
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