THE BROTHERS' WAR: BIAFRA AND NIGERIA [INSCRIBED]
by de St. Jorre, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0395139341
- ISBN 13
- 9780395139349
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 437 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in black cloth with gilt text on red spine label. Boards have mild edgewear and shelfwear. Textblock has magazine cutouts attached to verso of front endpaper and second and third to last pages, slight writing in pen on front endpaper. Inscribed by author on half title page.
NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1369275. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1369275
- Title
- THE BROTHERS' WAR: BIAFRA AND NIGERIA [INSCRIBED]
- Author
- de St. Jorre, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395139341
- ISBN 13
- 9780395139349
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1972
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Half Title
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- Cloth
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- New
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- Spine Label
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Inscribed
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- First Edition
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