Hell Ship
by MacDonnell, J. E
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Horwitz Publications, London . Melbourne . Sydney, 1966. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Colour illustrated paperback binding with red, black and white coloured titles to the front panel and black and red coloured titles to the back strip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear book panel. Green coloured tint to all text block edges. A Naval novel set during World War II. A ship with 100 POWs under the tender mercies of a Nazi psychopath. One man through a garbage can over board. "But had it been stupid? Had he failed? Why else was Captain Fricke enraged? He only knew that, somehow, he had to leave another sign, another clue." -- from the rear panel blurb. Minor creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Reading creases to the back strip with previous owner's marginalia placed on the back strip. Previous owner has also placed various dates along the top edge of the rear panel and numbers on the back strip. Browning of the text block edges and pages. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [6], 7 - 161, [1] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Australia; WW II; Ships & the Sea. Inventory No: 0121306. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0121306
- Title
- Hell Ship
- Author
- MacDonnell, J. E
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Horwitz Publications
- Place of Publication
- London . Melbourne . Sydney
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Fiction -- Naval -- World War II -- Australian, prisoner of war, Duchy Holland Fiction; Australia; WW II; Ships & the Sea. Unbranded MacDonnell, J. E. Hell Ship
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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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- Rubbing
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- Text Block
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Blurb
- The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...