Flashman in the great game: From the Flashman papers 1856-1858
by Fraser, George MacDonald
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0214201201
- ISBN 13
- 9780214201202
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. 340pp. Orange decorated boards. red lettering on the spine. map endpapers. Previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown, othewrise internally clean, unmarked. Price-clipped wrapround pictorial jacket has a lightly faded spine, otherwise fine. "Flashman in the Great Game describes Flashy's assignment in India during the Great Mutiny of 1857-58, which took him to palaces, native barracks, embattled garrisons, jungles, and rivers; found him romancing a beautiful but treacherous queen; and forced him numerous times to find a way to narrowly escape death. Despite consistent acts of cowardice, Flashy is knighted and awarded the prestigious Victoria Cross.". First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo.
Synopsis
Flashman in the Great Game is a 1975 novel by George MacDonald Fraser. It is the fifth of the Flashman novels.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033553
- Title
- Flashman in the great game: From the Flashman papers 1856-1858
- Author
- Fraser, George MacDonald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0214201201
- ISBN 13
- 9780214201202
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- India Great Mutiny 19th Century Adventure
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About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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