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The Fiercest Heart
by Cloete, Stuart
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Collins, 1961. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. William 'Bill' Randell (dust jacket). First edition second printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with light toning and spotting to top edge, light finger marks for fore edge. Feels lightly read, pages white and clean. Minor bump to head and foot of spine, very good condition. Jacket some rubs to extremities, and joints, and a rub to title area. Overall a tight very good copy in a bright jacket. William 'Bill' Randell dust jacket art. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a quality addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A sold example of this novel, set in the 1830's telling the story of a group Voortrekkers, as they make their journey across a savage land
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002578
- Title
- The Fiercest Heart
- Author
- Cloete, Stuart
- Illustrator
- William 'Bill' Randell (dust jacket)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Pages
- 446
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 1.76 lbs
- Keywords
- Boer War Voortrekkers South Africa Alkfrikaner Potgieter Potchefstroom General
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. All books, where possible, are sent by signed and tracked services and our postage prices reflect this. We cannot normally send to overseas PO Box addresses. Purchasers may need to provide a phone number for heavier or valuable items as per our courier requirements. We only use airmail for overseas orders, we will not use surface mail.
About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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