Sailor With A Gun
by Hjalmar Rutzebeck (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Pageant Press, Inc. , 1957 Pageant Press, Inc., New York. 1957. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Inscribed by author on FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG; light foxing to text block top; light edge wear to bottom boards from shelving. DJ: VG; chipping at head; bump and crease at tail; closed tears on rear top edge; light wear at hinge fold. Blue-green cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on spine. 182 pp 8vo. Based on actual events this is the story of Svend Norman, a Dane, who was a seafaring man who got put ashore with a weapon in the Army in WWII in Alaska. He survives in the cold north, learning from the Indians and using his own wits to service and maintain his identity against the military forces of compliance and conformity. A clean and presentable copy in Brodart mylar.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003831
- Title
- Sailor With A Gun
- Author
- Hjalmar Rutzebeck (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Pageant Press, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- US Army, Alaska Service, World War II, Danish immigrant, adapting to the military, military service, Denmark, outdoors man,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Military Fiction; Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Brodart
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Inscribed
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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