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The Archer-Shees Against the Admiralty: The Story Behind the Winslow Boy
by Bennett, Rodney M
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0709136765
- ISBN 13
- 9780709136767
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Robert Hale, 1973. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition. 188pp plus some black and white plate illustrations. In grey cloth boards with deep blue titles on spine. Top edge sprayed blue. 8vo. Gently rounded at spine tips; text block edges a tad dust-darkened. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, a little faded and bumped and rubbed at edges; some shelf wear visible on verso. Terrence Rattigan's famous play, The Winslow Boy, was based on a real case, that of George Archer-Shee, a 13 year old cadet at Osborne Naval College.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020213
- Title
- The Archer-Shees Against the Admiralty: The Story Behind the Winslow Boy
- Author
- Bennett, Rodney M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- ISBN 10
- 0709136765
- ISBN 13
- 9780709136767
- Publisher
- Robert Hale
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1973
- Pages
- 192
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Plays, Winslow Boy, George Arthur-Shee, Postal Order, Osborne Naval College
- X weight
- 0 kg
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- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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