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Lion Among Roses: A Memoir of Finland
by Bradley, David
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1965. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Stated First Edition.. New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1965. Stated First Edition. Near FIne/Very Good+. First Edition, SIGNED by author, in original unclipped dust jacket. Very clean black cloth boards with orange and pink decoration on cover, orange lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers (illustrated with maps). Inscribed and Signed by author on title page: "To Bill Green - How to write is mainly a problem of what you've got to say - Good Luck - David Bradley - 1965". 278 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has 1" closed tear at top front panel edge near spine, tiny chip at base spine corner (smaller than a pea). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Author shares his absorbing discoveries of the fascinating and isolated land of Finland..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014065
- Title
- Lion Among Roses: A Memoir of Finland
- Author
- Bradley, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- Publisher
- Holt Rinehart Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- MEMOIR FINLAND SCANDINAVIA DAVID BRADLEY SIGNED BY AUTHOR FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel; SIGNED Editions;
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- Fine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
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- Price Clipped
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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