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The Night-Mare
by C.S. Forester
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Michael Joseph, 1954. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None. The first edition of C. S. Forester's novel about the end of Nazi Germany, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of The Nightmare by C.S. Forester, English novelist particuarly known for his naval writings, such as the Hornblower series.This novel deals with the events that took place in Nazi Germany, until the end of the Reich with the Nuremberg trials. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with titles stamped in black and red to spine. Externally, very smart with minor shelfwear only, Spine is slightly fainted. Dustwrapper is very smart, with minor shelfwear and minor closed tears and chipping to head of spine, which is slightly sunned. INternally, firmly bound. Minor faint spotting to front free endpaper and edges, affecting only the occasional gutter. Otherwise, pages are very bright. With unclipped dustwrapper. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 753A3
- Title
- The Night-Mare
- Author
- C.S. Forester
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- Nazism C.S. Forester First Edition Fiction C.S. Forester
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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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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- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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....
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