PEACE BREAKS OUT
by Thirkell, Angela
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 9997532503
- ISBN 13
- 9789997532503
- Seller
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Ashford, Kent., United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1946. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 280pp. HARDCOVER Clean copy internally. No inscriptions, with some caveats: Slt. adhesive residue to fep., where there was clearly a bookplate at some time. There is also a paper fold/crease to main title page which is just a manufacturing fault where the paper was creased prior to printing. At the rear of the book, someone has also added a small corner pocket to the final endpaper. Externally, the red cloth is somewhat bumped & edge worn, but the binding remains strong. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Sold as tidy, functional HC reading copy only. Size: 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall.
Synopsis
Peace Breaks Out (1981) is a novel by American author John Knowles, better known for A Separate Peace (1959). The books share the setting of the Devon preparatory school, probably a reference to Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, which Knowles attended in his youth.
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- Bookseller
- Stephen Dadd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53445/G-102
- Title
- PEACE BREAKS OUT
- Author
- Thirkell, Angela
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 9997532503
- ISBN 13
- 9789997532503
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
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Stephen Dadd
Biblio member since 2005
Ashford, Kent.
About Stephen Dadd
Mail-order only business that deals in all genres of books. All books cleaned, checked and nicely packaged prior to sale. Repairs also carried out where necessary. Specialising in directories for family history research.
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- Bookplate
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