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Never to be Taken Alive: A Biography of General Gordon
by MacGregor-Hastie, Roy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good ++/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0283991844
- ISBN 13
- 9780283991844
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
Item Price
$14.00$9.10
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, xii + 195 pages including maps, plus black-and-white illustrations; very gently used, tight in binding, not a trace of shelf wear, gilt lettering on spine very bright and clear, light dust speckle spotting to top edge, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh and white. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Eric James
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044365
- Title
- Never to be Taken Alive: A Biography of General Gordon
- Author
- MacGregor-Hastie, Roy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0283991844
- ISBN 13
- 9780283991844
- Publisher
- Sidgwick & Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- NONFICTION ENGLISH BRITISH AFRICA AFRICAN SUDAN EXPEDITION EMPIRE NILE RIVER KHARTOUM MILITARY ARMED FORCES WAR WARFARE HISTORY BIOGRAPHY CHINESE CHARLES GEORGE GORDON ROYAL ARMY GENERAL SUDAN AFRICA NILE RIVER EGYPT
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Espionage/Suspense Fiction;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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