Dutch Treat : A Novel of World War II
by Jones, Tristan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0370303075
- ISBN 13
- 9780370303079
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: The Bodley Head. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. (1980). Hardcover. 0370303075 . No signatures. Fading to dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; First UK edition (previously published in the USA in 1979). (271), [1] pages. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 214 x 132mm. "It is May 1940. As the German armoured columns forge across Europe, plans are made in London to evacuate Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and her family and thus set up a legal Dutch government in exile. The men who are planning the operation are also aware that the movable assets of the Dutch crown - a huge fortune in diamonds and title deeds - rest in two steel boxes in a strongroom below the royal palace in Amsterdam." - from dust-jacket blurb. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23718
- Title
- Dutch Treat : A Novel of World War II
- Author
- Jones, Tristan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0370303075
- ISBN 13
- 9780370303079
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1980)
- Keywords
- 0370303075
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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