The Forgotten Ally
by Van Paassen, Pierre
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
The Dial Press, New York, 1946. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Poor. Author's preface. Map illustrated end pages, showing the Arab world and Palestine. Green coloured cloth covered boards with yellow facsimile signature of author to the front panel and yellow coloured titles to the backstrip. Author's preface. Map illustrated end pages, showing the Arab world and Palestine. Green coloured cloth covered boards with yellow facsimile signature of author to the front panel and yellow coloured titles to the backstrip. "Against the exotic background of Africa and the white sands of the Arabian desert, van Paassen sketches in bold strokes the unknown intrigues, secret treaties, tribal espionage and international political scheming that shape the world of yesterday and are moulding the world of tomorrow. Although he deals specifically with the tragedy of the Jewish people, he integrates an age-old problem into the military, political and economic world panorama."  from the front fold over panel blurb. Softening and rubbing of the backstrip edges, top book corners and lower book edges. Some flecking to the lower book edges with tanning of the textblock edges and age toning of the pages. Original bookseller's rubber stamp to the top left-hand corner of the verso of the free front end page. The dustwrapper is in appalling shape  please see photograph. The front fold over panel and front panel have disassociated from the rear panel, backstrip and rear fold over panel. At one stage a previous owner had attached the dustwrapper to an underlying blue coloured card as the original dustwrapper was very chipped, pieces missing and generally in horrible shape; and this card has also now split  please see photograph. Words almost fail about how bad this dustwrapper is  the best thing I can say about it is that it at least present in some form!. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 9 - 343, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Judaica; 1940s; Politics & Government. Inventory No: 0129814. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0129814
- Title
- The Forgotten Ally
- Author
- Van Paassen, Pierre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- BZDB2 History, Palestine, Jewish State History; Judaica; 1940s; Politics & Government. Unbranded Van Paassen, Pierre The Forgotten Ally
- Bookseller catalogs
- Judaica;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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