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The Mule on the Minaret
by Alec Waugh
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cassell, 1965. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A lovely signed first edition of Alec Waugh's exciting novel set in the Middle East, following a Professor and an M.I.5 boss, in the original dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to a bookplate to the recto to the front pastedown. In the original price-clipped dustwrapper. 'The Mule on the Minaret' is an exciting novel set in the Middle East, following a Professor of History and Philosophy, Noel Reid, as he joins forces with the boss of M.I.5 in Beirut Nigel Farrar. Written by Alec Waugh, a British novelist, the elder brother of Evelyn Waugh. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. A very small amount of bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Just a couple of light marks to the boards. Signed bookplate to the recto to the front endpaper. A couple of spots to the fore edge. Dustwrapper with some minor edge wear, and a small tidemark to the tail of the front wrap to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 709P35
- Title
- The Mule on the Minaret
- Author
- Alec Waugh
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- The Mule on the Minaret alec waugh middle east british intelligence alec waugh levant noel reid
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Fore Edge
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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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
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