Race of the Tiger
by Cordell, Alexander
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Georgetown, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Readers Book Club, 1964. some wear covers and cover edges, some moisture stain rear cover, library marks, some curving to cover due to previous storage, otherwise book clean and tight. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex Library.
Synopsis
The Race of the Tiger is an historical novel by the Welsh writer Alexander Cordell (1914-1997) set in mid-19th century Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is a family saga of the O'Haras of County Connemara, Ireland, who flee the English yoke to make their fortune in the New World, where iron barons such as Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick thrive in an era of unprecedented industrial growth.
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Details
- Seller
- Laura Books (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 013274
- Title
- Race of the Tiger
- Author
- Cordell, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Readers Book Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Race of the Tiger Cordell
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Laura Books
Biblio member since 2017
Georgetown, South Australia
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.