CAPTAIN McBLAID OF THE AIR POLICE
by WALKER, Rowland
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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East Victoria Park, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London, S. W. Partridge first edition - hard cover WITHOUT dust jacket On the news that the Liner 'St Andrew' had been held up by a submarine raider with the captain wounded and a passenger killed McBlaid decided to seek out the raiders in his flying boat the 'Albatross'. 193 x 130mm., pp. col. frontis., viii, 246. H/cover WITHOUT dust jacket. Grey cloth covered bds, printed black (title & illust.) front & spine, stain spot front board. Contents, p.o. name & rubber stamp (neat) ffep, early pages have medium 'spotting' (foxing), edges scattered foxing & staining. near VG
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Details
- Bookseller
- EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- a075f88ee251fd29740486dc
- Title
- CAPTAIN McBLAID OF THE AIR POLICE
- Author
- WALKER, Rowland
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- first edition - hard cover WITHOUT dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, S. W. Partridge
- Date Published
- 1932
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS
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East Victoria Park, Western Australia
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- VG
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- Edges
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- FFEP
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...