The Wanton Princess.
by WHEATLEY, DENNIS:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hutchinson. 1966 1st.. Hardback, 8 x 5 inches. In maroon/black speckled cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Maps to endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. spine slightly rubbed at ends. Not price clipped. Laminated). Else a clean and tight copy. 460 pp. The lady of the title is Napoleon’s sister Pauline. The story covers the years 1800 to 1805. The adventures of Roger Brook, Pitt’s most resourceful secret agent who has quarrelled with his master. Action takes place from the West Indies to Russia.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 90059
- Title
- The Wanton Princess.
- Author
- WHEATLEY, DENNIS:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hutchinson. 1966 1st.
- Keywords
- Literature dennis wheatley, wanton princess, Napoleon, sister pauline, roger brook, secret agent, adventures, west indies, spain, france, russia, first, dustwrapper,
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....