Victory at Valmy [Thunder at Valmy]
by Trease, Geoffrey
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- F/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
New York: Vanguard Press, 1960 8vo. original blue cloth (prev. owner's attractive bookplate to front pastedown; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 256 (last blank). A fine copy. Inscribed by Geoffrey Trease to artist and friend Catherine Moody 1961 on the title page, subtitled in the author's own hand 'Thunder at Valmy', as per the London first edition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012184
- Title
- Victory at Valmy [Thunder at Valmy]
- Author
- Trease, Geoffrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Vanguard Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Geoffrey Trease Victory Valmy Thunder Valmy France French Revolution
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Title Page
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