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The Day of Glory Has Arrived
by Todd, Olivier
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macdonald & Co Ltd, 1961. Ex library copy with mark on front endpaper where paper label has been, ink stamps on f/ep, title page and rev. Some shelf wear to the edges of the blue boards and to the spine ends on the unclipped dustwrapper. Otherwise a not-too-bad copy of this hard-cover novel set among French Army conscripts in Morocco in the 1950s. Originally printed in French in 1957 as ''Une Demi Campagne'', this is the first UK edition. 192pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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- Seller
- JimsOldBooks
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 003254
- Title
- The Day of Glory Has Arrived
- Author
- Todd, Olivier
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macdonald & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- French-Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
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Kirkwall, Orkney
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Shelf Wear
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Edges
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