Fortitude: A Romance (Cumberland Edition) [Being a True and Faithful Account of the Education of an Adventurer]
by Walpole, Hugh
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good -
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1934. Plain brown cloth hardcover without dust jacket, with clear gilt spine lettering and initials HW embossed on front cover, First Printing of this Cumberland Edition, 432 pages; tiny traces of shelf wear to cover corners, edges and spine ends, residue of previous owner's bookplates on free front endpaper and inside both covers, but overall gently used, tight in binding, ink signature dated "6/37" on half title page, all text pages very clean and unmarked.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good -.
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- Bookseller
- Eric James
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040269
- Title
- Fortitude: A Romance (Cumberland Edition) [Being a True and Faithful Account of the Education of an Adventurer]
- Author
- Walpole, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- HISTORICAL FICTION BRITISH LITERATURE ENGLAND ENGLISH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Eric James
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