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RED WINS.

by KOSPOTH, B. J:

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  • Hardcover
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VG./Minus issued dw/dj.
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UK,12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn. [The only edition and out-of-print.] VG. Owner's handwritten blue ink name+later date to recto of top edge of front free endpaper.Publisher's fairly sharp-cornered,original green cloth boards with black lettered title+author to a red panel with black edged decorated borders at head of spine/backstrip and black-lettered publisher name to foot of same; remainder of spine darkened/browned; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners.Both boards with sunned,narrow borders to all vertical+top edges due to presence of smaller book's storage either side in previously owned shelf storage,clean,plain white sets of endpapers.Top edges slightly aged/toned but without foxing/spotting,fore-edges brighter and cleaner and also without foxing; contents bright,tight,text body clean, solid and sound,virtually foxing-free - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread - other than my own collation? UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,v-vipp+7-220pp [paginated] includes author's Foreword with contents list/table to its verso,a Prelude,XVIII (18) chapters and a Postscript; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages.
Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for book's 75+ year-old age and scarcity,and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults described that prevent a higher grading. An account of the author's experiences as a British POW in north-east Germany after its occupation by the Russian Army in 1945.
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Bookseller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
rja996022
Title
RED WINS.
Author
KOSPOTH, B. J:
Book Condition
Used - VG.
Jacket Condition
Minus issued dw/dj.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
LONDON.MACDONALD & CO.(Publishers) LTD.,September,1946.
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
q52.BIOGRAPHY.NAVAL/MILITARY.UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.No ISBN.English POW_personal narratives_WW2.History_Pomerelia,Poland.Prisoners and prisons_World War,1939-1945_Russia.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

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About R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

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