Master-at-Arms: A Swordsman Who Outwitted His Generation's Fate
by Sabatini, Rafael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Martinsville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940. Edge and corner wear to the dj, dj is split in half at the seam of the spine but is all there (some repairs have been made with tape), chipping at the head and tail of the spine of the dj, dj is lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, some shelf wear, former owner's name in ink on the ffep, overall a clean rare used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Green cloth with black stamped lettering on the front board and spine. Deckle page edges. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! Extremely scarce! 418 unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "A story of the French Revolution that will stand beside 'Scaramouche' for its strong, gallant hero, Quentin de Morlaix, fencing master and best swordsman of all London. The French Revolution brought turbulent, hard years for France. The nobles were scattered like leaves; but still in Burgundy bandit loyalists, the fiery Chouans, hiding in their forests, fought for their lost king.....". First Edition / First Printing. Green Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Conover Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036867
- Title
- Master-at-Arms: A Swordsman Who Outwitted His Generation's Fate
- Author
- Sabatini, Rafael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- FICTION HISTORICAL ROMANCE
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About the Seller
Conover Books
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Martinsville, Virginia
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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