THE SHIP(MERMAID BOOKS EDITION)
by C.S. FORESTER
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good /No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
-
THETFORD, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: MERMAID BOOKS/MICHAEL JOSEPH. First published in 1943, this is the first Mermaid Books edition(1952). Lamaniated flexible boards. Small area of damage/bending on bottom of board spine. Moderate slant to board spine. Original printed price on front pastedown. Previous owner date of purchase(1953) on front pastedown. No other inscriptions. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. Novel. A World War 2 set Royal Navy adventure. Location: MBS1 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Good. Hardcover. First Thus.. 1952.
Synopsis
A longtime staff writer at The New Yorker, Calvin Trillin is also The Nation ’s deadline poet. His bestsellers range from the memoir About Alice to Obliviously On He Sails: The Bush Administration in Rhyme . He lives in Greenwich Village, which he describes as “a neighborhood where people from the suburbs come on weekends to test their car alarms.”
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Details
- Bookseller
- TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017202
- Title
- THE SHIP(MERMAID BOOKS EDITION)
- Author
- C.S. FORESTER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus.
- Publisher
- MERMAID BOOKS/MICHAEL JOSEPH
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1952
- Bookseller catalogs
- Naval Adventure;
Terms of Sale
TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
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About the Seller
TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
Biblio member since 2005
THETFORD, Norfolk
About TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
I am a bookseller of predominantly used(second hand) books. I specialise in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, British and American comics, TV and Film books and magazines. I also sell other varieties of fiction and non-fiction. Including historical novels, poetry, history books, native american history, new age, philosophy, motivational books, classics.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.