Sharpe's Gold - Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810
by Cornwell, Bernard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0002221292
- ISBN 13
- 9780002221290
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Collins. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0002221292 . No signatures. Some foxing to page edges. Some foxing to dust-jacket. No tears to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is not price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 250, [2 (blank)] pages. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 207 x 132mm. "The war was lost; not finished, but lost." - the opening sentence. "This, the second novel of Richard Sharpe's adventures, follows the actual events of the summer of 1810, which culminated in the appalling carnage of Almeida." - from blurb on dust-jacket flap. This is the second Sharpe novel in order of publishing, and the ninth in the chronology of the series. .
Synopsis
Sharpe's Gold is a historical novel by Bernard Cornwell. Set in August 1810 during the Peninsular War and featuring the destruction of Almeida it is the 9th (chronologically) in the Richard Sharpe Series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22979
- Title
- Sharpe's Gold - Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810
- Author
- Cornwell, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002221292
- ISBN 13
- 9780002221290
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- 0002221292
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We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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