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THE ENEMY BELOW
by Commander D. A. Rayner
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Good binding/Good dust jacket
- Seller
-
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding/Good dust jacket. Stated First Edition of Commander D. A. Rayner's historical novel, The Enemy Below. Denys Rayner was a Royal Navy Officer who commanded throughout the Battle of the Atlantic, experiencing firsthand the submarine warfare on which this book is centered. Binding is cocked, with minor spotting to the edges of the textblock. Good dustjacket, with creasing and tears to the front, spots of loss to the spine, and front flap priceclipped. Now protected in a mylar cover. Good binding / Good dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Black Swan Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 285444
- Title
- THE ENEMY BELOW
- Author
- Commander D. A. Rayner
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good binding
- Jacket Condition
- Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
Terms of Sale
Black Swan Books, Inc.
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About the Seller
Black Swan Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2006
Richmond, Virginia
About Black Swan Books, Inc.
Black Swan Books was established in Richmond Virginia in 1996 by Nicholas Cooke. Over 25 years in business we have been in several locations, most recently in a renovated warehouse. While no longer a brick and mortar shop with regular hours we are always happy to welcome visits by appointment. Please call or email us if you want to come by.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
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