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The Daughter of the Hawk
by Forester, C.S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally rubbed, a few small chips and creases at the edges, reinforcements on the verso. Beige cloth, lightly rubbed and soiled at the far edges, with black ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square, bound with some reading wear, clean internally. Forester's adventure of Henry Dawkins from his time working a convict mine in South America to his living a quiet English life trying to avoid his past.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10269
- Title
- The Daughter of the Hawk
- Author
- Forester, C.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- English Literature, Modern Literature, 20th Century Litearture, Travel, Adventure, South America, Mine, Soldier of Fortune
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
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