Fifty Famous Fights In Fact and Fiction
Language: English
Published by Cassell and Company, London, 1951
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.SF & F Books
AbeBooks seller since June 3, 2009
Condition: Used - Good
Current price: US$ 16.50
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Second edition in black, gilt stamped spine. Selected and Introduced by the First Earl of Birkenhead. A collection of 50 real and fictional fighte between men and also between men and beasts. Includes: King Arthur, St. George and the Dragon, David and Goliath, Sir Walter Scott, Shakespeare, Dickens, Conrad, H.G. Wells, Twain, Dickens, Cervantes, and much more. Collected for the inclusion of a Haggard fight scene: How Umslopgaas Held the Stair. Cassell and Company; London, 1951, 384 pps. Good copy with staining to fore edges of both boards in a unclipped (10/6) jacket that has sun toning and edge wear.
Seller Inventory # 162914
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Fifty Famous Fights In Fact and Fiction
- Author
- First Earl of Birkenhead
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company, London
- Publication year
- 1951
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Dimensions
- Octavo
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Books is managed by the Frank Family; Howard(1941-2017), Jane and David. We are long-term collectors and dealers of science fiction and fantasy books and art. The Frank Library contains about 15,000 volumes of first editions and magazines with rare books from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The Frank Collection is a world famous collection of over 500 original paintings spanning the 20th century. Together, we bring you over 50 years of book and magazine collecting experience, and a shared excitement for collecting in this phenomenally popular literary genre. We welcome your queries, and your business!…
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