The Hessian [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR]
by Fast, Howard
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- g
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1972. Advanced copy. Softcover. g. Octavo. 192pp. Original printed wrappers. Lyrical novel taking place during the most epic moments of the American Revolution: When his entire brigade is wiped out by the colonists, a sixteen-year-old German drummer boy survives with the aid of a Quaker family and the local doctor. Half title page inscribed and signed by Howard Fast. Sporadic and minor creasing along edges of wrappers. Wraps in overall good, interior in good+ to very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32672
- Title
- The Hessian [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR]
- Author
- Fast, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Advanced copy
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- American Revolution in literature, Inscribed, Signed copy, First edition, American literature, Reference
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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