Beau Ideal
by Wren, Percival Christopher (P. C. )
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, jacket sunned at spine and has wear to corners and head and foot of spine.
- ISBN 10
- 9997520858
- ISBN 13
- 9789997520852
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Frederick A. Stokes. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, jacket sunned at spine . and has wear to corners and head and foot of spine.. 1928. First American Edition. Hardcover. 9997520858 . Scarce in jacket. Navy cloth with titles stamped in gilt on front boards and spine. The third in a trilogy of novels by Wren about the French Foreign Legion, of which Beau Geste is the first and most widely known. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 373 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33759
- Title
- Beau Ideal
- Author
- Wren, Percival Christopher (P. C. )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, jacket sunned at spine and has wear to corners and head and foot of spine.
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 9997520858
- ISBN 13
- 9789997520852
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- 9997520858, Beau Geste Trilogy, French Foreign Legion, 1920s Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...