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Evasion Line
by SATTERTHWAITE, Alfred
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0912838019
- ISBN 13
- 9780912838014
- Seller
-
Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Haverford, Pennsylvania: Toll & Armstrong, 1972. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Very light wear at the corners and spine ends, topedge modestly foxed, near fine in a price-clipped, very good dust jacket with rubbing and edgewear, a bit of foxing, and the red portion of the spine lightly sunned. Inscribed by the author on the front fly: "Another copy for Sandy to replace the wanderer. Affectionately, Alfred." A novel "of people in the French Resistance who put their lives on the line to rescue downed Allied aviators in occupied France." According to his jacket bio, Satterthwaite served in Army intelligence in WWII and after V-E Day served in an Air Corps Intelligence unit whose mission was to identify and investigate members of the French Resistance who had assisted Allied pilots during German occupation.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 561620
- Title
- Evasion Line
- Author
- SATTERTHWAITE, Alfred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0912838019
- ISBN 13
- 9780912838014
- Publisher
- Toll & Armstrong
- Place of Publication
- Haverford, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- AmerLit20thCent, Military-WWII, Aviation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Fine
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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