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The Riddle of the Sands. A record of Secret Service Recently Achieved
by Childers, Erskine [Edited by]
- Used
- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Rupert Hart-Davis. 1955. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ has some very light wear to spine ends, is complete [NOT price-clipped] & is now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A few spots of foxing to endpapers. DJ spine is a little age-toned. Mariners Library edition No 29. Illustrated with Black & White drawings and maps. First published in 1903. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 347 pages. A classic story of the German Secret Service prior to 1914 and of small boat sailing around the Frisian Islands along the German North Sea Coast. Originally published in 1903. . Reprint. Hardback.
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- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB324202
- Title
- The Riddle of the Sands. A record of Secret Service Recently Achieved
- Author
- Childers, Erskine [Edited by]
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
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- 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....
- Octavo
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.