Signal-Close Action!
by Alexander Kent (Douglas Edward Reeman)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0091213304
- ISBN 13
- 9780091213305
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London, UK: Hutchinson , 1974 Hutchinson, London, UK. 1974. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to tail; foxing to textblock top and fore edge. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped (£2.60); light wear to head, tail, and tips. Maroon paper over boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Maps as endpapers. 320 pp 8vo. 7th Richard Bolitho novel. As master of France, Napoleon now turns towards the East - and the vast wealth of India. But first he must secure the eastern Mediterranean and Egypt. Now Commodore of a newly-formed squadron in a British fleet stretched to the limit, Richard Bolitho faces one of the toughest commissions of his career: to ascertain the fighting strength of the French - then seek, find, and bring them to battle. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
Synopsis
Douglas Reeman (Alexander Kent) did convoy duty in the Atlantic, the Arctic and the North Sea. He has written over thirty novels under his own name and more than twenty bestselling historical novels featuring Richard Bolitho under the pseudonym Alexander Kent.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013733
- Title
- Signal-Close Action!
- Author
- Alexander Kent (Douglas Edward Reeman)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0091213304
- ISBN 13
- 9780091213305
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- seafaring novel, British Navy, Royal Navy, French Navy, Egypt, Nile, Napoleon, Richard Bolitho, Mediterranean, French armada,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Price Clipped
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- Gilt
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
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- 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....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...