Gibraltar Road
by McCutchan, Philip
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1960. First edition. Author's fourth book, and the first 'Commander Shaw' novel. A Fine tight, bright copy; no previous ownership markings or book-plate. In a price-clipped VG+ dustwrapper which has two 1 inch closed tears at head of spine and three other 1/4 inch tears at edges. Apart from the price-clip, the dustwrapper is 100% complete, and very bright and clean, with stunning pictorial artwork on the front panel and spine strip. An excellent copy of a scarce book..
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Details
- Bookseller
- NEXUS BOOKS
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1005
- Title
- Gibraltar Road
- Author
- McCutchan, Philip
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Naval, Nautical, Maritime, 'Commander Shaw', Abenteuergeschichten
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery, Detective, Thriller, Suspense & Western;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
NEXUS BOOKS
Biblio member since 2003
Vancouver, British Columbia
About NEXUS BOOKS
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- G
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- Tight
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- Dustwrapper
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- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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