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The Tartan Pimpernel
by Caskie, Donald C
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Oldbourne, London, 1959. Reprint. Hardcover. Poor/No Dust Jacket. list of illustrations. Within the text there are contemporary black and white photographs. Light blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Donald Caskie was Minister of the Scottish Kirk, Paris, when Germans invaded. On the Gestapo Black List he escaped and engaged in underground work. He was then arrested, sentenced to death by Nazis, passed through seven camps, & survived. Shelf wear to the bottom edges of the book and the head and the heel of the spine are slightly softened. Dust marks to the top paper edge and there are other marks to the book panels. Booksellers sticker on the front paste down, and there is a gift inscription on the free front end paper, but, more importantly there is a piece cut out from the ffep., measuring 2.5" x 4.5" . The internal pages have slightly discoloured. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 270 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; Biography -- Military; Military History -- World War II; Inventory No: 0101451. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0101451
- Title
- The Tartan Pimpernel
- Author
- Caskie, Donald C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Oldbourne
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Donald Caskie -- Biography -- Memoirs, World War II -- History -- Resistance -- Underground, Military History Military & Warfare; Biography -- Military; Military History -- World War II; Unbranded Caskie, Donald C. The Tartan Pimpernel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History -- World War II; Biography -- Military;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- 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...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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