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THE GEM LIBRARY / D'ARCY THE RUNAWAY. (Copy 2)
by RICHARDS., MARTIN CLIFFORD / FRANK
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- GD/GD/ND
- Seller
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About This Item
HARDBACK, "VINTAGE FICTION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1971* Publisher: Howard Baker Press Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Mid-brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Slight bumps to corners & to head and tail of spine. Section of front cover pasted to front cover. GD* Jacket condition: No original dust-wrapper. Clear adhesive film covering boards & with "Glassine" loose wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp tight and bright with minimal reading wear. Some slight marks to endpapers and sections cut from cover attached to front and rear paste-downs. No marks to text, no tanning, no other visible faults. GD.* Illustrations: Several monochrome facsimile front pages in blue from the Gem Library. Numerous b/w, line drawings & illustrations within text throughout. * Pages: Approx. 140 pp. text. in separate numbered blocks. * Description: D'Arcy The Runaway, by Martin Clifford is a beguiling narrative even though it first appeared in The Gem some fifty years ago. Rather than a tightly plotted story, it is a series of episodes, linked by a group of school boys. Featuring, "Toff of The River," "The St. Jim's Runaway," "Gussy at Greyfriars," "The Refugee at Highcliffe," "Gussy Among The Girls," "Runaway at Rockwood," & "The Return of the Runaway". Comprising GEM issues 752-758 inclusive. A GOOD text copy of the 1st thus, with some minimal cover faults in a GLASSINE wrapper.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1340
- Title
- THE GEM LIBRARY / D'ARCY THE RUNAWAY. (Copy 2)
- Author
- RICHARDS., MARTIN CLIFFORD / FRANK
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - GD/GD/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus?
- Publisher
- Howard Baker
- Place of Publication
- London UK. 140
- Date Published
- 1971-01-01
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Tight
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- Bumps
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- Gilt
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- Tail
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- Glassine Wrapper
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- Cloth
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Jacket
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- 1st Thus
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