The Saracen's Head or the Reluctant Crusader
by Lancaster, Osbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition with clipped d/j, yellow boards bright, with red pressed front cartoon and spine titling (some bumping at
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1948. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition with clipped d/j, yellow boards bright, with red pressed front cartoon and spine titling (some bumping at top), unmarked pages clean and tight. Owner's inscription on ffep and label on front pastedown. Provenance: Marshall Sisson RA (1897-1978), architect (and Surveyor, then Treasurer at the Royal Academy). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). First volume in Lancaster's wonderful Littlehampton saga, starting with the heroic William de Littlehampton in the Crusades.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC40193
- Title
- The Saracen's Head or the Reluctant Crusader
- Author
- Lancaster, Osbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition with clipped d/j, yellow boards bright, with red pressed front cartoon and spine titling (some bumping at
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 68
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, cartoons, comedy, Lancaster
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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