A Hideous Disguise
by Fielding, Xan
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0930126440
- ISBN 13
- 9780930126445
- Seller
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Francestown, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Francestown: Typographeum, 1994. Limited private press edition. First edition thus.. Hardcover. New. Frontispiece by Amy Nimr.. 8vo. Blue cloth. Pp. 52. Limited to 150 copies hand-set and printed and bound by R. T. Risk. Issued without a dust-wrapper. Few copies available.
Frontispiece by Amy Nimr. Foreword by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Xan Fielding (1918-91) had an adventurous time during World War II as an agent of the SOE. In January 1944 he volunteered to be sent to France which he knew well from his youth The story of what happened once he arrived, taken from his earlier book, "Hide and Seek" (London: 1953), is told here. It involves the remarkable courage of a Polish colleague who was known as Christine Granville.
Frontispiece by Amy Nimr. Foreword by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Xan Fielding (1918-91) had an adventurous time during World War II as an agent of the SOE. In January 1944 he volunteered to be sent to France which he knew well from his youth The story of what happened once he arrived, taken from his earlier book, "Hide and Seek" (London: 1953), is told here. It involves the remarkable courage of a Polish colleague who was known as Christine Granville.
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- Bookseller
- The Typographeum Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1025
- Title
- A Hideous Disguise
- Author
- Fielding, Xan
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece by Amy Nimr.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited private press edition. First edition thus.
- ISBN 10
- 0930126440
- ISBN 13
- 9780930126445
- Publisher
- Typographeum
- Place of Publication
- Francestown
- Date Published
- 1994
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Typographeum. R. T. Risk. Private Press. Letterpress printing.
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The Typographeum Bookshop was founded in 1976 and offers a small stock of books with a special emphasis on British and European literature, as well as fine foreign films. In addition, I was a private press printer who published a variety of books using the technique of letterpress developed by Gutenberg in the 15th Century. Please visit my website, https://typographeum.us, for much more information, as well as pictures of my shop, both inside and out.
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