Tunes of Glory
by James Kennaway
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- Hardcover
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: England: Putnam, 1956. Daily Mail Book of the Month. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in Very Good jacket 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. pp.200. The author's first novel, humorous, tragic and very contemporary about a Highland regiment at its peace-time home headquarters. There green young officers cringe under the tongue and older messmates rejoice in the good fellowship of the acting Colonel, Jock Sinclair, DSO and bar. He rose from the ranks, led his battalion through battle to glory, and now he intends to see that his officers know how to drink whisky and dance reels. clean tight copy, d/j price clipped, with small nicks and tears around edges, former owner name on frontpiece. Front top on spine hinge: 1/2" tear going down bottom front cover near corner 3/4" tear, small nicks, tears to top and bottom spines, First published May 1956 Reprinted May 1956. back lower corner on spine hinge 1/4" tear
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Tunes of Glory
- Author
- James Kennaway
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Daily Mail Book of the Month.
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- London: England
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- SCOTLAND
- Bookseller catalogs
- SCOTLAND;
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