Sharpe's Sword:A Novel
by Cornwell,Bernard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good hard cover
- ISBN 10
- 0670639419
- ISBN 13
- 9780670639410
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About This Item
Viking. 1st printing U.S.,1983. Very Good/Good hard cover. 8vo,boards,319pp. edgewear,chips,small tear top front corner taped inside,scratches,crease marks topedge,dust jacket. owner raised blind seal 1/2 title page. light shelfwear. pinch footedge page 167. small ink stain topedge front cover and text. light tanning and yellow spotting edges. clean and tight text. wrinkles gutter front end page as came off press. first editions.
Synopsis
Sharpe's Sword is a historical novel by Bernard Cornwell and covers the summer campaign of 1812, and the Battle of Salamanca on July 22 1812. Sharpe and his friend Sergeant Harper find themselves in a secret war of spies, while hunting down the sadistic and highly dangerous Colonel Philippe Leroux.
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- Bookseller
- Gail Kennon Book-Comber (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17785
- Title
- Sharpe's Sword:A Novel
- Author
- Cornwell,Bernard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Good hard cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st printing U.S.,1983
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670639419
- ISBN 13
- 9780670639410
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1983
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