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A PRINCE OF THE CAPTIVITY
by Buchan, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Among the author's last novels, involving Great War intrigue and sacrifice for the greater good. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt stamping. The bookplate of Sir Harold Bellman appears on the front pastedown. The dust jacket is shelfworn, with some neat paper tape reinforcement to the verso; else very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76479
- Title
- A PRINCE OF THE CAPTIVITY
- Author
- Buchan, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Literature, First World War, World War I, Scotland, Scottish Writers
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
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