Reluctant Cavalier.
by Chidsey, Donald Barr
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: light gray boards; a Very Good book, the jacket is darkened at the spine, otherwise a Good+ dust jacket; the
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Crown Publishers, 1960.. Book Club Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: light gray boards; a Very Good book, the jacket is darkened at the spine, otherwise a Good+ dust jacket; the color on the front panel is especially good.. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art by John Alan Maxwell. An historical novel set around the time of the Spanish Armada, with the protagonist acting as an unwilling courier between England and Spain. Oh, and our hero gets to sail with a young Francis Drake. Author Donald Barr Chidsey wrote historical fiction and nonfiction. Chidsey's own background included such diverse occupations as newspaperman, actor, farmer, boxer, and ambulance driver with both the British and the U.S. armies, the Free French in Tunisia and the 51st Highland Division. But always a writer. Note: there is no rear gutter code.
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- Seller
- The Bookworm (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 059377
- Title
- Reluctant Cavalier.
- Author
- Chidsey, Donald Barr
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: light gray boards; a Very Good book, the jacket is darkened at the spine, otherwise a Good+ dust jacket; the
- Edition
- Book Club Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1960.
- Pages
- 252 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall)
Terms of Sale
The Bookworm
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About the Seller
The Bookworm
Biblio member since 2003
Oroville, California
About The Bookworm
We are a small town bookstore, in the same location for over fifteen years. We strive to maintain a wide selection of books in lower price ranges.
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- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Spine
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...