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FAIR STOOD THE WIND FOR FRANCE
by H. E. Bates
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Signed by the author on the half-title page. Book Society edition issued on first publication in association with the publisher. 8vo in cloth with dust jacket. 224 pp. VG+/VG+. Very light wear to dust jacket in a clear protective sleeve. Original price is intact on flap. Minimal wear to book. Small bookplate on front pastedown and larger one on the ffep. Text is clean. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.
Synopsis
Fair Stood the Wind for France is a novel written by British author H. E. Bates, it was first published in 1944 and was his first financial success. The title comes from the first line of Agincourt, a poem by Michael Drayton (1563-1631).
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- Bookseller
- Lost Time
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042424-36
- Title
- FAIR STOOD THE WIND FOR FRANCE
- Author
- H. E. Bates
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Michael Joseph Ltd. & The Book Society
- Date Published
- 1944
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG+/VG+
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- FFEP
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- Jacket
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- Bookplate
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