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THE SARONG AND THE KRIS
by HARRISON, H. L. H.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hampshire: Nautical Publishing Company. 1969. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and compass illustration to the lower right of the upper board, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding tight and square, with bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. The contents are clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed, creased and nicked dustwrapper, that has two short closed tears to the front panel and a larger tear to the rear panel, with some toning along the top edge. Not price clipped (35s net to the front flap). Signed by the author in blue ink to the title page "H.L.H Harrison / December 1969". An account of the author's experiences in the Malaya Peninsula, first as a mining engineer travelling throughout the region, and later his escape to Java when the Japanese invaded in 1941. Scarce signed. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24248
- Title
- THE SARONG AND THE KRIS
- Author
- HARRISON, H. L. H.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hampshire: Nautical Publishing Company. 1969
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York, North Yorkshire
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Glossary
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- 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.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
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