Happy Odyssey: The Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart
by Adrian Carton de Wiart
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1950. 3rd Impression. 287 pages. Yellow dust jacket over yellow cloth with circular 'ex libris' logo in black to front board, and black lettering to spine. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Foreword by Winston Churchill. Jacket priced 12s6d with 'Book Society's Choice'. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Small stamp to first page. Endpapers have strips of tanning caused by jacket. Slight staining to pastedowns. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Notable areas of pale water staining on front board, slightly to rear too. Book has a moderate forward lean. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Jacket is moderately rubbed and marked overall.
Synopsis
Originally published: London : Cape, 1950. Includes index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1711973733IEV
- Title
- Happy Odyssey: The Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart
- Author
- Adrian Carton de Wiart
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Date Published
- 1950
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