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THE AMATEUR GENTLEMAN
by Jeffery Farnol
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
The Amateur Gentleman was a hugely popular novel written by the prolific English writer Jeffery Farnol who, with Georgette Heyer, initiated the Regency Romantic era.
It is about a young man, the son of a boxer, who inherits a fortune and goes to London to become a gentleman. Adventure and romance ensue.
Farnol wrote this novel (one of 50) in 1913; its reception was such that it was made into movies three times--in 1920, 1926 and 1936, the last starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. It was his most successful novel and became book 1 of the 12-novel Jasper Shrig series.
This copy was published in 1951 by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. It could be one of two Farnol books edited by Barbara Cartland, who created a series of romantic classics for a London publisher--I don't have any more details.
426 pages, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2".
The cover image is a water colour, uncredited. It is very clean and very bright.
There are two tiny tears on the dust jacket, at the top and bottom of the spine.
Otherwise, this book is in mint condition. There are no marks in it or on it.
It has clearly been sitting on a shelf since 1951.
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Synopsis
IN WHICH BABNABAS KNOCKS DOWN HIS FATHER, THOUGH AS DUTIFULLY AS MAY BE
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Details
- Bookseller
- Louise Aird
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18
- Title
- THE AMATEUR GENTLEMAN
- Author
- Jeffery Farnol
- Format/Binding
- Perfect
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Pages
- 426
- Size
- 5 1/4" x 7 1/2"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Amateur Gentleman, Farnol, Barbara Cartland, Regency Romantic, Jasper Shrig
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Society; British Fiction; Romance;
Terms of Sale
Louise Aird
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About the Seller
Louise Aird
Biblio member since 2019
West Vancouver, British Columbia
About Louise Aird
Private individual who has been collecting books for 40 years.
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