The Captain's Table
by Gordon, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine-/Very Good +
- Seller
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Calgary , Alberta, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Michael Joseph, 1954 First English Edition of Richard Gordon's first novel, published after the successful release of Doctor in the House and Doctor at Sea. Very nice clean and bright black boards with white and gold lettering. Good spine and corners, old price in pencil no other writing, dust soil and spot of ?chocolate? to page edges, moderate age toning. Dust jacket is not price clipped but is somewhat soiled, spine, corners and edges all lightly bumped. Black with red lettering and red outlined caricatures of captain figure on front panel and spine. Nice copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sparkle Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001227
- Title
- The Captain's Table
- Author
- Gordon, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK (true first) Edition
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FICTION BRITISH MEDICAL HUMOUR
Terms of Sale
Sparkle Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Sparkle Books
Biblio member since 2008
Calgary , Alberta
About Sparkle Books
I search out used books on principle to highlight their value, keep them circulating and out of the landfill (and just because I am compelled to tell people to "read this"!)
Glossary
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....