The Door Marked Malaya
by Oliver Crawford
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/good
- Seller
-
Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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About This Item
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. The experiences of a young British officer sent out to Malaya during the 'Emergency.' While being mainly a memoir of his experience just after leaving university, the author sets this within a context of the changing post World War II world and its uncertainties. Very Good Hardback in a Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. 237 pages Weight: 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia The dust jacket has some rubbing around the edges and an inch tear at the back. The end papers have medium tanning. Otherwise he binding is tight and the text clear with mild tanning throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Penang Bookshelf (MY)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ML2457
- Title
- The Door Marked Malaya
- Author
- Oliver Crawford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Malaysia - Malaya - The Malayan Emergency - Memoirs
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.