CAPTAIN CAUTION
by Roberts, Kenneth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Signed by Kenneth Roberts on a prefatory blank leaf. "A stirring historical novel of the War of 1812" by the author of the novel Northwest Passage (1937). Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with decorative blind and gilt stamping. Mild dust spotting to the top edge. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with some very light toning and wear along the extremities; else very good or better.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75089
- Title
- CAPTAIN CAUTION
- Author
- Roberts, Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- Literature, Historical Fiction, War of 1812, Americana
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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- New
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- Jacket
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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...
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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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...