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Captain Sword and Captain Pen an anti-war poem first published in 1835 here reproduced in facsimile to mark the bicentennial of the author's birth with an introduction to this edition by Rhodes Dunlap
by Hunt, Leigh
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper
- Seller
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Iowa: Friends of the University of Iowa Libraries, 1984. 1st thus. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 12mo. b&w illustrations Leigh Hunt's celebrated anti-war poem, being a facsimile of the first edition of 1835, with an introduction by Rhodes Dunlap; half red cloth with grey cloth sides, gilt titling to spine; minor foxing to text block, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper very lightly edgeworn and with some mild tanning, o.w. G-VG.
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- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21823
- Title
- Captain Sword and Captain Pen an anti-war poem first published in 1835 here reproduced in facsimile to mark the bicentennial of the author's birth with an introduction to this edition by Rhodes Dunlap
- Author
- Hunt, Leigh
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper
- Jacket Condition
- Dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Friends of the University of Iowa Libraries
- Place of Publication
- Iowa
- Date Published
- 1984
- Pages
- 112pp (xxxix)
- Size
- 12mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Camira, Queensland
About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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- 1st Thus
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- Facsimile
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- 12mo
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