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Colonel Effingham's Raid
by Fleming, Berry
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Hardback Early Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Historical Novel about W. Seaborn Effingham, Colonel U. S. Army, retired, an officer and a gentleman, a citizen of the world. After retiring, he returns to a southern city that had been his home and begins to write columns on military affairs for a newspaper and soon comes into conflict with the forces of tyranny and corruption at City Hall. Binding of navy full cloth with gilt titles and decoration on spine. Front has a tiny white dot, otherwise very clean and unmarked, tight and solid volume; square with sharp corners. Internals also very clean and free of any markings, no creases, lightly toned. Clean, dulled jacket is edge-worn with chipping of spine ends. 279 pages. 5.75 x 8.25 inches. Publisher Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, 1943.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018465
- Title
- Colonel Effingham's Raid
- Author
- Fleming, Berry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 1.56 lbs
- Keywords
- U. S. ARMY; SOLDIERS; MILITARY; JOURNALIST; THE SOUTH; WORLD WAR II;
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- First Edition
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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