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Major John Andre A Gallant in Spy's Clothing
by Hatch, Robert McConnell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1986. First Edition. Near fine in 1/4 navy blue cloth and yellow paper covered boards with red text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with an inconsequential dampness stain at the lower edge of the front board with a minor bleed of color to the lower edges of the first two pages. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with the spine area slightly faded and a minor red stain to the lower edge of the front panel. 333 numbered pages containing an index, bibliography, note and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece map and a section of images from earlier works of art and black and white photographs.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB32740
- Title
- Major John Andre A Gallant in Spy's Clothing
- Author
- Hatch, Robert McConnell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1986
Terms of Sale
Town's End Books
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
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- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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