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The Gun.
by FORESTER, C. S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company,, 1933. The gun stood there with a faint wisp of smoke still trickling from its muzzle, immense, imposing, huge First US edition, first printing, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "John Reed, from C. S. Forester, with very best wishes and thanks, March 1938". This title is scarce inscribed. This work follows the adventures of an eighteen-pounder cannon as it is variously adopted and abandoned by the Spanish army and a group of guerrilleros. It was first published in the UK by The Bodley Head a few months earlier. Octavo. Original light brown cloth, spine and front cover lettered in dark blue, cannon motif on front cover in dark blue, map endpapers printed in dark blue on yellow paper. With dust jacket. Spine ends bumped, a few marks on rear cover, edges and endmatter a little foxed; jacket lightly soiled with a few chips and marks, unclipped. A near-fine copy in like jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 164885
- Title
- The Gun.
- Author
- FORESTER, C. S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Boston: Little, Brown, and Company,
- Date Published
- 1933
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
All major credit cards are accepted. Both UK pounds and US dollars (exchange rate to be agreed) accepted. Books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for any reason, please notify first of returned goods.
About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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