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Waiting In The Night; A Story of the Maquis Told by One of Its Leaders
by Millar, George
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1946. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. The second printing of Waiting In The Night by George Millar.. Octavo, 377pp. Blue cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. Lacking "first edition" statement on copyright page. Clean text block. In the publisher's dust jacket, $2.75 on front flap, tissue repair to closed tear, a bright example. A detailed account of sabotage and underground warfare in eastern France during World War II.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14755
- Title
- Waiting In The Night; A Story of the Maquis Told by One of Its Leaders
- Author
- Millar, George
- Illustrator
- The second printing of Waiting In The Night by George Millar.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- first edition George Millar, Horned Pigeon Millar, Time for Isabel and the Sea
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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