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Sloop of War [Richard Bolitho 5]
by Kent, Alexander [Pseud. Douglas Reeman]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG+
- ISBN 10
- 0091112907
- ISBN 13
- 9780091112905
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hutchinson, 1972 VG/VG+. 8vo. original burgundy boards gilt (neat ex-library with single rsm to verso title page, discreet label stubs to front pastedowns, occ. leaf edge marking) in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & nicked, slight creasing to flaps); pp. 320, with endpaper map. A very good copy. The fifth Richard Bolitho novel, this one set in Chesapeake Bay in 1778.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG+.
Synopsis
Douglas Reeman (Alexander Kent) did convoy duty in the Atlantic, the Arctic and the North Sea. He has written over thirty novels under his own name and more than twenty bestselling historical novels featuring Richard Bolitho under the pseudonym Alexander Kent.
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Details
- Seller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 023348
- Title
- Sloop of War [Richard Bolitho 5]
- Author
- Kent, Alexander [Pseud. Douglas Reeman]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0091112907
- ISBN 13
- 9780091112905
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Alexander Kent Douglas Reeman Sloop War Richard Bolitho Naval Fiction Historical Fiction America Chesapeake Bay American War of Indpendence
Terms of Sale
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Biblio member since 2022
Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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