Cold Harbour
by Higgins, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 043433460X
- ISBN 13
- 9780434334605
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
William Heinemann, London, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Rick Goodale -- Cover Art. VI, 266 pages last page blank. Black coloured boards with gilt titles to the back strip. Minor bumping to the head and to the heel of the back strip and to the top book corners. Rubbing to the lower book edges, with a small area of underlying board of visible. Browning to the text block edges which has impinged upon the internal pages. Illustrated dustwrapper ( wraparound ), by Rick Goodale, with gilt and black titles to the front panel and back strip. Rubbing and slight chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the back strip. Some marks to the laminate of dustwrapper. A novel set in the dying months of World War II when OSS operator Craig Osborne finds himself on the German E Boat " Lili Marlene " and confronting a man last he had last seen at Harvard in 1939. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Rick Goodale -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Fiction -- Military; Fiction -- Espionage; ISBN: 043433460X. ISBN/EAN: 9780434334605. Inventory No: 0105824. . 9780434334605
Synopsis
Jack Higgins lives on Jersey in the Channel Islands.
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0105824
- Title
- Cold Harbour
- Author
- Higgins, Jack
- Illustrator
- Rick Goodale -- Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 043433460X
- ISBN 13
- 9780434334605
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Novel, World War II, Espionage Fiction; Fiction -- Military; Fiction -- Espionage; Rick Goodale -- Cover Art Unbranded ISBN: 043433460X EAN: 9780434334605 Higgins, Jack Cold Harbour
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction -- Military; Fiction -- Espionage;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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