New York, NY: Random House, 1940. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. xiv + 380 pp. A Novel of the American Revolution. Previous owner's signature in very fine point pen inked on ffep, Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, paper white. Cover red cloth crisp, blue background white letters on fr cover and spine, Near Fine. DJ with a closed tear on the fr bottom hinge, some white wear on the forecorners. DJ unclipped in protector. 6" x 8.7" red cloth covered boards, in illustrated DJ. An ingenious re-imagining of the American Revolution through the real historical personage Roger Lamb, British Army.

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 007305
Title: Sergeant Lamb's America
Author: Graves, Robert
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Random House
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 1940
Keywords: Robert Graves b. 1895 d. 1985 - historical novelist - author of I, Claudius, etc.
Bookseller catalogs: LITERATURE; U. S. HISTORY;
Size: Octavo

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