A Book of Escapes and Hurried Journeys
by Buchan, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd. 1939. (Cloth) 304pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket. 12mo. Blue cloth boards, lettering in gold to spine. Top edge gilt. In original pale blue dust jacket, not price clipped; jacket shows light spotting; mylar protected. Previous owner's name at head of ffep. All maps present. Originally published in 1922, this is the 13th edition printed in 1939. Overall, a handsome copy of this delightful classic which leads the reader from the American Civil War to Churchill's daring escape during the Boer War..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spafford Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 119398
- Title
- A Book of Escapes and Hurried Journeys
- Author
- Buchan, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- History, Canadian Non-Fiction, Canadiana
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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About the Seller
Spafford Books
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Regina, Saskatchewan
About Spafford Books
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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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...