Coral Comes High
by Hunt George P
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Wellington, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1946. First printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo, 147p., hardcover, stated 1st edition. The first hand account of a company commander and his troops at Peleliu at the height of the fighting. Drawings by the author. Blackcloth boards with coral and gilt on front and spine - clean & bright. Light yellowing to outer page edges, o/w unmarked and very good. Dj has several small tears at edges and a 0.5 inch piece missing on front near foot of spine - fair to good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Last Word (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000385
- Title
- Coral Comes High
- Author
- Hunt George P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
Terms of Sale
The Last Word
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives inaccurately or damaged. Prices are not set in stone - contact me if you want to haggle or submit a reasonable offer. Some larger and heavier books will incur extra postage - I will let you know when you order the book.
About the Seller
The Last Word
Biblio member since 2009
Wellington
About The Last Word
Dealer in good quality books. Especially Man Booker Prize winners - signed first editions, vintage childrens\\\' books and important New Zealand books such as those by Janet Frame. Prices are not set in stone - contact me if you want to haggle or submit a reasonable offer.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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...