The Long Alert
by Gibbs, Philip
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good Plus
- Seller
-
Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) Ltd, 1942. 1st Edition. Beige Cloth. Very Good/Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 223pp. A very scarce wartime first edition novel in wrapper. No date - 1942. One board corner is slightly turned in and there is light foxing to the fore edges and scattered to the first few pages of the book. A small soil mark to the rear board. Neat ink name inscdirption to the head of the half title page. A little normal age toning to the pages- internally clean and tight. Dust wrapper not price clipped with a few slight chips to the wrapper edges and several tears, repaired to the reverse with acid free archival tape. The wrapper has shelf wear and is lightly soiled - though remains largely complete. A very good copy in a good wrapper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 223668
- Title
- The Long Alert
- Author
- Gibbs, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Beige Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1942
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾&quo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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