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Escape from Corregidor
by Whitcomb, Edgar D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
-
Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Allan Wingate. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Book is in near fine condition. ; Publisher's gilt-titled cloth. First UK edition. Slight rubbing to edges. Small strip of tape blocks out one line of copyright page. Tight and square. The price clipped DJ in mylar has a 4cm closed tear to front panel, slight toning/edgewear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41383
- Title
- Escape from Corregidor
- Author
- Whitcomb, Edgar D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Allan Wingate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- World War II, Escape, Corregidor, Bataan, B-17 Navigator, True Adventure, Daring, Air Corps, American Fighter
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
curtis paul books inc.
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Northridge, California
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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