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Passage of Arms
by Ambler, Eric
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. First American Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/near fine. First American edition of Passage of Arms by Eric Ambler.. Octavo, [6], 246pp. Red cloth with red embellishment on spine, title in gilt on spine. Stated "first American edition" on copyright page with inspection slip stating "no. 47" laid-in. Solid text block, top edge dyed green, a fine example. Two publisher's dust jackets, both with $3.95 retail price listed on front flap, outermost jacket with slight sunning to spine, both near fine examples.
Synopsis
Passage of Arms is a novel by Eric Ambler, written in 1959. It is a fast paced thriller about the discovery of a cache of arms abandoned by communist insurgents in the jungle of Malaya, and the transfer of the arms via Singapore to Indonesia. The book is structured as a story within a story within a story. The outer story is that of Girija Krishnan, the Tamil plantation clerk who finds the cache and sells it.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12148
- Title
- Passage of Arms
- Author
- Ambler, Eric
- Illustrator
- First American edition of Passage of Arms by Eric Ambler.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- eric ambler, ambler first edition, ambler signed, passage of arms ambler, the light of day ambler, the levanter ambler
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About the Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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