THE TARTAN PIMPERNEL
by Caskie, Donald
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
United Kingdom: Fontana Press. Good+. 1963. First Edition Thus; Second Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED - A Good 1960 edition paperback, with creased spine, small closed tears to spine head and heel and some lean. Some light creasing to rear cover, and light foxing to text block edges. Internally, light foxing to prelims, author's signature appended "The Tartan Pimpernel" to title page. Toned pages, tanned to text block edges. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Bookshelf (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58217
- Title
- THE TARTAN PIMPERNEL
- Author
- Caskie, Donald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition Thus; Second Printing
- Publisher
- Fontana Press
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- World War 2, French Resistance, Church of Scotland, Scottish Kirk Paris
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About the Seller
The Old Bookshelf
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Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute
About The Old Bookshelf
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Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.