The Devil's Own Luck [with] The Dying Trade [with] A Hanging Matter [with] An Element of Chance [with] The Scent of Betrayal [with] A Game of Bones. THE PRIVATEERSMAN SAGA COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS; FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
by DONACHIE David
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan,, [1993-1997. 6 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with full-page map and plan in third volume; cloth (blue/blue/blue/blue/black/black respectively), backstrips lettered in gilt, silver or white, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Ex-Privateersman Harry Ludlow serves in the Royal Navy throughout the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in Donachie's first historical sequence. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48763
- Title
- The Devil's Own Luck [with] The Dying Trade [with] A Hanging Matter [with] An Element of Chance [with] The Scent of Betrayal [with] A Game of Bones. THE PRIVATEERSMAN SAGA COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS; FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
- Author
- DONACHIE David
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan,
- Date Published
- [1993-1997
- Keywords
- modern first editions, modern firsts, donachie, david donachie, harry ludlow, privateersman, napoleonica wars, revolutionary wars, historical novels, historical fiction
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