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Arundel; A Chronicle of The Province of Maine And of The Secret Expedition Against Quebec
by Roberts, Kenneth
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1944. Later Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Signed copy of Arundel by Kenneth Roberts.. Octavo, 632pp, [6]. Navy blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, embellishments and gilt design on front board. Solid text block, detailed imagery on endpapers, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $2.75 retail price on front flap, a touch of sunning to spine, some small closed tears along edges, a very good example. Signed and inscribed by Kenneth Roberts on title page, stated "Inscribed for Ed Fox / with thanks and every good wish / Kenneth Roberts / April 2nd, 1945." A rare 1944 printing of this novel. Kenneth Roberts (1885-1957) was a historical fiction writer who won a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation in 1957 for his novels focusing on early American history.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12154
- Title
- Arundel; A Chronicle of The Province of Maine And of The Secret Expedition Against Quebec
- Author
- Roberts, Kenneth
- Illustrator
- Signed copy of Arundel by Kenneth Roberts.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- kenneth roberts, kenneth roberts first edition, kenneth roberts signed, march to quebec signed, kenneth roberts arundel, early america, kenneth roberts benedict arnold, historical fiction, saturday evening post, pulitzer prize winner
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