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Through The Valley of The Kwai
by Ernest Gordon
- Used
- Condition
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Clarence, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1962. Fourth Printing. Fourth edition stated on dust jacket. Measuring approximately 8.5" x 6" with 257 numbered pages.
This book is in good minus condition. Moderate bumping and sunning to both ends of spine. Previous owner's address stamp on front endpaper. Both hinges are cracked no mesh exposed. Interior pages have annotation by previous owner in pen and pencil throughout textblock. Dust jacket is in poor condition. Moderate bumping and chipping to all edges of jacket. Tape on bottom edge and verso of jacket. "Fourth Edition" and original 3.95 price on front flap .
Through the Valley of the Kwai (also published under the titles Miracle on the River Kwai and To End All Wars[1]) is the autobiography of the Scottish captain Ernest Gordon, and recounts the experiences of faith and hope of the men held in a Japanese prisoner of war labour camp, building the Burma Railway during World War II.
Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.
Inventory number (O5-79).
This book is in good minus condition. Moderate bumping and sunning to both ends of spine. Previous owner's address stamp on front endpaper. Both hinges are cracked no mesh exposed. Interior pages have annotation by previous owner in pen and pencil throughout textblock. Dust jacket is in poor condition. Moderate bumping and chipping to all edges of jacket. Tape on bottom edge and verso of jacket. "Fourth Edition" and original 3.95 price on front flap .
Through the Valley of the Kwai (also published under the titles Miracle on the River Kwai and To End All Wars[1]) is the autobiography of the Scottish captain Ernest Gordon, and recounts the experiences of faith and hope of the men held in a Japanese prisoner of war labour camp, building the Burma Railway during World War II.
Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.
Inventory number (O5-79).
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- Bookseller
- Ernestoic Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6036
- Title
- Through The Valley of The Kwai
- Author
- Ernest Gordon
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ernestoic Books
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Clarence, New York
About Ernestoic Books
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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