A Forgotten Journey
by Fleming, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus/Good Plus
- Seller
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Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952 Book. Illus. by B & W Photos, Map. Good Plus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original navy cloth over boards with silver gilt lettering. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket features cover photo of men on donkeys in the desert, with black and red lettering. Dustjacket is missing a 1 1/2" section at bottom of spine and has some edgewear - it is now protected by a mylar jacket. Pencilled date and initials inside front cover. Heavy spotting to edges of textblock. The author (elder brother of author Ian Fleming, creator of "James Bond") travelled from Moscow to Peking in the mid-30's while researching a different book. The diary from that trip was relegated to a drawer and forgotten about until nearly 20 years later. 190 pp..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dave Shoots, Bookseller (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014300
- Title
- A Forgotten Journey
- Author
- Fleming, Peter
- Illustrator
- B & W Photos, Map
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- NOISBN. Travel. Adventure.
Terms of Sale
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
In case of returns, seller will refund purchase price and initial shipping cost provided merchandise is returned in good condition within 14 days of sale. Payment methods accepted: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, PayPal (to daveshoots@nb.aibn.com), cash, cheque or money order. 20% discount to the trade. Books will be shipped as customer prefers upon receipt of purchase price and shipping costs. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR BOOK. THANKS!
About the Seller
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2004
Saint John, New Brunswick
About Dave Shoots, Bookseller
We have been booksellers since 2000. We deal in old and rare hardcovers, primarily non-fiction. We have about 10,000 books in four rooms of an 1820's mansion located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...