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Flashman
by George MacDonald Fraser
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£340.00£306.00
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About This Item
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1969 . First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 6". Arthur Barbosa. The first edition of George MacDonald Fraser's first Flashman novel, the first of twelve works know collectively as 'The Flashman Papers'. The first edition, first impression in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper, designed by Arthur Barbosa.The first Flashman novel, in this work MacDonald Fraser details the career of Flashman following on from his expulsion from Rugby School in 'Tom Brown's School Days' by Thomas Hughes.Fraser's series explores Flashman later in life, where he lives in as a Victorian soldier climbing the ranks of the British Army, while remaining the same drunk, liar, thief, and cheat, that often runs away from danger rather than facing it head on.Inscription to verso of front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of shelf wear to back strip head, otherwise externally fine. Sunning to dust wrapper back strip, with wraps exceptionally bright. Inscription to verso of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine
Synopsis
The first instalment of the Flashman Papers sees the fag-roasting rotter from Tom Brown's Schooldays commence his military career as a reluctant secret agent in Afghanistan. Expelled from Rugby for drunkenness, and none too welcome at home after seducing his father's mistress, the young Flashman embarks on a military career with Lord Cardigan's Hussars. En route to Afghanistan, our hero hones his skills as a soldier, duellist, imposter, coward and amorist (mastering all 97 ways of Hindu love-making during a brief sojourn in Calcutta), before being pressed into reluctant service as a secret agent. His Afghan adventures culminate in a starring role in that great historic disaster, the Retreat from Kabul.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 862F35
- Title
- Flashman
- Author
- George MacDonald Fraser
- Illustrator
- Arthur Barbosa
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- Flashman Tom Brown's School Days Thomas Hughes George MacDonald Fraser Tom Brown's School Days
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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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