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The Four Feathers
by A. E. W. Mason
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
John Murray, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1950. Reprint. 316 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over orange cloth with brown lettering to spine. Pages are noticeably tanned with visible foxing throughout. Text-block edges, pastedowns and endpapers with prominent foxing. Visible cracking to front hinge with exposed netting. Binding is lightly shaky. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with noticeable bumping to corners and edges and rubbing to surface. Mottled discolouration to spine with minor crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Notable sunning to spine, Dust marks to rear panel.
Synopsis
Harry Feversham is in love with the alluring Ethne Eustace. A dazzling engagement ball is held in their honour at her Irish country home. For Harry, it seems like life cannot get any better. But a mysterious package arrives for him and the contents turn out to be three white feathers. Publicly branded a coward, Harry suffers the ultimate humiliation when Ethne adds a fourth feather to his collection. Shunned from society, he sets out to regain his friends, fiancee and honour. Embarking on a deadly mission, which takes him from Ireland to England to Egypt, that tests his courage to the limits and his will to survive.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1702920371LEE
- Title
- The Four Feathers
- Author
- A. E. W. Mason
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1950
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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