The Ambassador
by West, Morris
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1965. Book. Very Good+. Hardback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near fine copy, bound in half blue leather by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with a binder's stamp to verso of front free endpaper. Five raised bands gilt decoration to spine. aeg. Some minor sunning to spine. A reprint of the first impression, published in the same year. A handsome copy. Set in South Vietnam; the crisis of Western diplomacy in the Far East; the personal crisis of a US Ambassador who in a condition of moral confusion and self-doubt is made arbiter of a nation's destiny and of life or death for the members of its ruling house..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rickaro Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 056875
- Title
- The Ambassador
- Author
- West, Morris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Fiction West Fine Binding Sangorski Sutcliffe
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction and Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Rickaro Books Ltd
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About the Seller
Rickaro Books Ltd
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire
About Rickaro Books Ltd
At Rickaro Books, we have over 30 years experience in bookselling and customer care. We specialise in T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) but also carry a wide range of other titles across the fields of military, local history and first edition fiction. if you are seeking for a particular title, we are happy to assist and are always interested in purchasing good, collectable books.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...