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Odette; The Story of a British Agent
by Tickell, Jerrard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Poor Condition
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Chapman and Hall, London, 1955. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/Poor Condition. 600 g; 336pp., author's preface, list of illustrations, official citation and epilogue. Black and white portrait frontispiece. The text is illustrated with black and white photography. Red coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Minor shelf wear evident to the bottom edges of the book and the head and the heel of the spine are bumped. Photographic/map dustwrapper, with photograph of Odette superimposed over a map of France, with white background and back writing on the front panel and spine. The dust jacket is rubbed and chipped, and missing a couple of pieces of the spine section, and has a 1.5 inch tear on the rear panel top edge. Priceclipping, original bookseller's sticker on front paste down. Biography of Odette Sansom, a young Frenchwoman married to an Englishman, who during World War II returned to France as a resistance fighter. A picture can be provided to confirm condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; Espionage; Biography -- Military; History -- France; Inventory No: 0227050. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0227050
- Title
- Odette; The Story of a British Agent
- Author
- Tickell, Jerrard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Mrs Peter Churchill, G.C., M.B.E. -- Odette, Odette-- Biography, French Resistance -- World War II, World War II -- History -- Espionage Military & Warfare; Espionage; Biography -- Military; History -- France; Unbranded Tickell, Jerrard Odette
- Bookseller catalogs
- Espionage; History -- France; Biography -- Military;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Reprint
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- Dustwrapper
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- 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...
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