Drums Beat at Dusk and R.I.P
by Stephen Maddock; Philip Macdonald
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London : Collins, 1951 . Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 7.5" by 4.5". None. Two bright volumes of fiction published by Collins, being Drums Beat at Dusk and R.I.P. Two reprint volumes published by Collins. Drums Beat at Dusk by Stephen Madock follows Hugh Kewte who lives on the Congo and lives with a desire for solitude. R.I.P by Philip Macdonald is a suspenseful crime novel that follows Lady Verity Destrier. Both are published in 1951 and in the original unclipped dust wrappers. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart indeed. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrappers which are smart with some light marks to the wraps and chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 857B16
- Title
- Drums Beat at Dusk and R.I.P
- Author
- Stephen Maddock; Philip Macdonald
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 7.5" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- Drums Beat at Dusk and R.I.P Stephen Maddock Philip Macdonald Stephen Maddock
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...