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The Red Danube
by Bruce Marshall
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Constable & Co. Ltd, 1947. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. A marvellous first edition copy of this novel on war and life by Bruce Marshall. The first edition of this work by Bruce Marshall. A story set in Austria right after the war, when the Danube is still flushing from blue to red. An audacious narrative on the complex absurdities of life and a tragic tale. In the original, unclipped dustwrapper designed by Edward Ardizzone. In the original publisher's cloth binding, with titles stamped in silver to spine. Externally lovely with only minor shelfwear. Inscribed by a previous owner to front free endpaper, dated 1948. Dustwrapper is very smart, with minor shelfwear and slight sunning to spine. Unclipped. Minor puncture mark to spine to wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 762A46
- Title
- The Red Danube
- Author
- Bruce Marshall
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Constable & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- novel modern fiction romance modern drama first editions
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fine
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- Inscribed
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- Cloth
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- Dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- 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....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
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