A Convoy Through the Dream
by Williamson, Scott Graham
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948. First edition. Novel of World War II but with a deeper subtext of the leading character's existential crisis which leads him to leave his cushy job in Washington, DC to join the Merchant Marine in 1944. Bluegray cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, 272 pages, includes dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with light rubbing to its extremities, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages free from any markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and is in good condition with edgewear including rubbed joints and outer right edge, slightly chipped extreme spine ends and corners. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024774
- Title
- A Convoy Through the Dream
- Author
- Williamson, Scott Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- AMERICAN FICTION WORLD WAR II EXISTENTIAL CRISIS MERCHANT MARINE VETERANS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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....
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