Close Quarters (First UK Edition)
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1947
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
AbeBooks seller since October 13, 1998
Condition: Used
US$ 450.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
First UK Edition, preceding all others. Author's first book. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Boards warped, with some fading affecting the front board and backstrip, and a hint of foxing to the top board and page edges. Jacket with rubbing and a few small chips to the spine ends and corners, and a lightly toned spine.
Seller Inventory # 169683
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Close Quarters (First UK Edition)
- Author
- Michael Gilbert (author); Ethel Pares as Bip Pares (jacket art)
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton, London
- Publication year
- 1947
- Dust jacket
- dj
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Author's First Book, Mystery and Crime
Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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