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HALFHYDE AND THE CHAIN GANGS.

by McCUTCHAN**, PHILIP:

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ISBN 10
0297786717
ISBN 13
9780297786719
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UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Mike Roffe,illustrated front panel and spine of dw/dj with black lettering,rear panel with list of author's other titles in the series; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges very lightly toned,but clean and without any foxing/spotting,fore-edges brighter and similarly clean with minimal page-edge toning internally; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-184pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages.
Murder and chicanery involving a consignment of gold bullion stalk St Vincent Halfhyde as he takes the square-rigged ship 'Glen Halladale' on government service from Devonport dockyard to Cape Town.His 'cargo' consists of a large draft of convicts from Dartmoor Prison, volunteers to serve as labour battalions to fight against the Boers in South Africa - volunteers who travel in chain gangs and under strong escort of armed warders in Halfhyde's hastily converted holds.
The voyage proves a turbulent one through bad weather and the temper-inflaming heat and stickiness of the Doldrums.Vicious fighting develops when a party from a mysterious and unwelcome steam yacht attempts to board the 'Glen Halladale' and seeks to make contact with a gentleman convict.Conditions in the hold are appalling and the chain gangs are stirred to mutiny by their murderous ringleaders.
Author's 12th novel featuring Lieutenant St Vincent Halfhyde,RN. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.
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Bookseller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
HALFHYDE AND THE CHAIN GANGS.
Author
McCUTCHAN**, PHILIP:
Book Condition
Used - FINE.
Jacket Condition
FINE.
Quantity Available
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Edition
UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0297786717
ISBN 13
9780297786719
Publisher
LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1985.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
1985
Keywords
q52.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 0297786717.2othC Royal Navy fiction_South Africa_Boer War.Beware,Dartmoor Prison_convict ships_Boer War.Beware the Bight of Benin.Halfhyde's Island.Halfhyde to the Narrows.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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