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The Harp and the Blade
by Myers, John Myers
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1941. Author's first novel, an adventure set in tenth-century France, in which the teller, an Irish minstrel named Finnian and his friend Conan (not THE Conan) battle perfidious Danes & cranky Franks while protecting the Abbey of St. Charles. Stated first edition (first printing). Hardcover, full brown cloth, blue titling & decoration. Light wear to book; minor tanning to jacket spine, near fine. Scarce, particularly in this condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- r0263
- Title
- The Harp and the Blade
- Author
- Myers, John Myers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- Historic Fiction, Middle Ages, Medieval France, Chivalry, Adventure, Romance, Modern First Editions
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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