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War Lover, The
by Hersey, John (1914-1993)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Albert A. Knopf. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Cloth. Blue cloth covers, gilt titles to the spine. Tightly bound and unmarked with sunning to the top and bottom cover edges. Stated First Edtion. The DJ is clipped , in good condition with spine end chipping, cover rubbing, chipping along the top edge. "The scene is an American bomber base in England sometime before D-Day. The characters are the crew of a Flying Fortress named the Body, particularly the pilot, Buzz Marrow, and the co-pilot, Bowan. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 404 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12985
- Title
- War Lover, The
- Author
- Hersey, John (1914-1993)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Albert A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- World War, 1939-1945
- Bookseller catalogs
- War;
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About the Seller
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
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