Flashman and the Tiger, and Other Extracts from the Flashman Papers
by FRASER, George MacDonald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0002259516
- ISBN 13
- 9780002259514
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
London: HarperCollins Publishers. Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0002259516 . Ex-library. A first UK printing of George MacDonald Fraser's set of three purported memoirs by his Sir Harry Flashman character. First appearing in "Tom Brown's School Days" by Thomas Hughes in 1857, Flashman was resurrected by Fraser as an "eminent if disreputable adventurer." Includes "The Road to Charing Cross," "The Subtleties of Baccarat," and "Flashman and the Tiger." --- In black paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket with A. E. Barbosa color illustration of a wide variety of characters, including Sherlock Holmes. --- Evidence of prior ownership by a public library includes rubberstampings, stickers, acknowledgement of gift donation taped to front free endpaper and mylar jacket protector taped to the boards. The leaves are mildly tanned, else a sound copy.; Ex-Library; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 319 pages .
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- Seller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 87714
- Title
- Flashman and the Tiger, and Other Extracts from the Flashman Papers
- Author
- FRASER, George MacDonald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0002259516
- ISBN 13
- 9780002259514
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- 0002259516
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