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Where the Sea Breaks
by Prebble, John
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG++/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0140039759
- ISBN 13
- 9780140039757
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1975* Publisher: Penguin.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card illustrated covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear. No creases to spine or hinge. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations, Inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. Seems very little read if at all. Absolutely minimal paper colouration throughout. VG++* Illustrations: None* Pages: 122 pp. text. vi pp. Advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- A German bomber crash-lands on a small Scottish island and the Nazi pilot, with his crew of three, seizes control of the place. Two guns are stripped from the wreckage; an inquisitive collie-dog is killed; a young man is shot dead beside his radio? and ?martial law? is declared. As thundering seas cut the island off from the mainland, the Nazi officer brutally and methodically shapes his plans; Dumbly, sullenly the Scottish folk hold out and bide their time. Whose nerves will be the first to crack?* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with minimal shelf wear & tanning reducing it to VG++.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3609
- Title
- Where the Sea Breaks
- Author
- Prebble, John
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/VG++/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0140039759
- ISBN 13
- 9780140039757
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth UK 128
- Date Published
- 1975-06-26
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