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Blood of Victory (Signed First Edition)
by Furst, Alan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375505741
- ISBN 13
- 9780375505744
- Seller
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Manasquan, New Jersey, United States
Item Price
NZ$74.61NZ$59.68
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 237pp, Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence to "2" as called for by Random House. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a gentle bump to the crown. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($24.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Signed by the author on the title page. Laid in is the newspaper advertisement for the signing event at Bloomingdales in New York City, (of all places). A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.
Synopsis
"In 1939, as the armies of Europe mobilized for war, the British secret services undertook operations to impede the exportation of Roumanian oil to Germany. They failed."Then, in the autumn of 1940, they tried again."So begins Blood of Victory, a novel rich with suspense, historical insight, and the powerful narrative immediacy we have come to expect from bestselling author Alan Furst. The book takes its title from a speech given by a French senator at a conference on petroleum in 1918: "Oil," he said, "the blood of the earth, has become, in time of war, the blood of victory."November 1940. The Russian writer I. A. Serebin arrives in Istanbul by Black Sea freighter. Although he travels on behalf of an emigre organization based in Paris, he is in flight from a dying and corrupt Europe--specifically, from Nazi-occupied France. Serebin finds himself facing his fifth war, but this time he is an exile, a man without a country, and there is no army to join. Still, in the words of Leon Trotsky, "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you." Serebin is recruited for an operation run by Count Janos Polanyi, a Hungarian master spy now working for the British secret services. The battle to cut Germany's oil supply rages through the spy haunts of the Balkans; from the Athenee Palace in Bucharest to a whorehouse in Izmir; from an elegant yacht club in Istanbul to the river docks of Belgrade; from a skating pond in St. Moritz to the fogbound banks of the Danube; in sleazy nightclubs and safe houses and nameless hotels; amid the street fighting of a fascist civil war.Blood of Victory is classic Alan Furst, combining remarkable authenticity and atmosphere with the complexity and excitement of an outstanding spy thriller. As Walter Shapiro of Time magazine wrote, "Nothing can be like watching Casablanca for the first time, but Furst comes closer than anyone has in years."From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Brenner's Collectable Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015273
- Title
- Blood of Victory (Signed First Edition)
- Author
- Furst, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375505741
- ISBN 13
- 9780375505744
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed/Inscribed; Mystery/Suspense/Crime Drama;
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About Brenner's Collectable Books
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An eclectic mix of good books specializing in Sci-Fi, Mystery, General Antiquarian, Books About Books, Signed First Editions, Vintage Paperbacks, Modern Fiction and many, many others. Prompt, professional customer service, always!.
Please excuse any glare or reflections in the pictures. Books I know; photography not so much. I will answer any questions regarding condition if photos are unclear or provide additional photos if needed.
All books are stored in a temperature controlled library in a smoke free home. All books are professionally packed and shipped and all jacketed books will come with an archival Brodart jacket protector.
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