The King's Coat. Introducing Midshipman Alan Lewrie
by Lambdin, Dewey
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1556111428
- ISBN 13
- 9781556111426
- Seller
-
Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
£64.90£32.45
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1989. A novel of adventure and self-discovery, of breathtaking sea battles and awakening maturity. It introduces Midshipman Alan Lewrie on his premier voyage..... and sees him off to a brilliant career at the height of the American Revolution. Map endpapers, untrimmed foredge. Name to ffep. Upper foredge shows rough cut and soil to a few leaf edges. Remainder mark to top edge. The book remains tight and bright. Price-clipped well- illustrated jacket. Jacket design painting by Richard Hess. A most respectable copy!. First Edition Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B434
- Title
- The King's Coat. Introducing Midshipman Alan Lewrie
- Author
- Lambdin, Dewey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1556111428
- ISBN 13
- 9781556111426
- Publisher
- Donald I. Fine, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Great Britain-History, Naval-18th Century-Fiction American Revolution-Fiction Midshipman Alan Lewrie-Fictional Character Nautica-Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sea Novels;
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- FFEP
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- Remainder Mark
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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