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The Four Feathers
by A. E. W. Mason
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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BACUP, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Four Feathers by A. E. W. Mason (John Murray, reprint 1965).
Originally published in 1902, a popular work and reprinted many times. This copy with the distinctive dustwrapper by Dick Hart (1920-?), which to my knowledge only appeared on the 1959 and 1965 printings.
Hardback in price-clipped dustwrapper. 316pp. Size: 7.5 x 5.25 inches approx. (190mm x 128mm).
Light wear and rubbing to dustwrapper, no tears; toning to spine and rear panel; lightly foxed and stained to rear panel; price label adhesive stain to front flap. Cloth dusty in places. Booksellers ticket to front paste-down; ghost of price label to lower corner of front free endpaper; edges of page-block age tanned.
Overall, showing light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy – attractive and very uncommon with this dustwrapper design.
Ref. The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators by Alan Horne (Antique Collectors' Club, 1994).
*International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*
Originally published in 1902, a popular work and reprinted many times. This copy with the distinctive dustwrapper by Dick Hart (1920-?), which to my knowledge only appeared on the 1959 and 1965 printings.
Hardback in price-clipped dustwrapper. 316pp. Size: 7.5 x 5.25 inches approx. (190mm x 128mm).
Light wear and rubbing to dustwrapper, no tears; toning to spine and rear panel; lightly foxed and stained to rear panel; price label adhesive stain to front flap. Cloth dusty in places. Booksellers ticket to front paste-down; ghost of price label to lower corner of front free endpaper; edges of page-block age tanned.
Overall, showing light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy – attractive and very uncommon with this dustwrapper design.
Ref. The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators by Alan Horne (Antique Collectors' Club, 1994).
*International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*
Synopsis
Harry Feversham is in love with the alluring Ethne Eustace. A dazzling engagement ball is held in their honour at her Irish country home. For Harry, it seems like life cannot get any better. But a mysterious package arrives for him and the contents turn out to be three white feathers. Publicly branded a coward, Harry suffers the ultimate humiliation when Ethne adds a fourth feather to his collection. Shunned from society, he sets out to regain his friends, fiancee and honour. Embarking on a deadly mission, which takes him from Ireland to England to Egypt, that tests his courage to the limits and his will to survive.
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Details
- Bookseller
- D. B. Derbyshire Bookseller PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DBZ1453
- Title
- The Four Feathers
- Author
- A. E. W. Mason
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1965
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature, Adventure Fiction, Dustwrapper Art
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
D. B. Derbyshire Bookseller PBFA
Biblio member since 2019
BACUP, Lancashire
About D. B. Derbyshire Bookseller PBFA
D. B. Derbyshire Bookseller ~ a small general stock with an interest in Northern Topography, Transport, Industrial History, Art & Illustrated, and Children's Books. Selling books online and exhibiting at book fairs in the North of England. Member of the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
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