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He Too Was A Gallant Gentleman
Author(s): Morton, Stella
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | Yes |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | Good |
| Dust Jacket Protection: | Mylar - Archival quality |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Impression: | 1st Impression |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Hodder and Stoughton |
| Publication Year: | 1944 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 014611 |
| Catalogue(s): | Uncategorized |
First edition, first impression. 288pp. Blue cloth-covered boards; black titles on front and spine. 12mo. Sun-faded spine. Lightly bumped and rubbed spine ends. Lightly bumped and worn board edges and corners; light fraying to lower rear corner; slightly cocked. Text block edges just starting to tan. Signature binding. Endpapers just starting to fox and tan. Pencil gift inscription on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket now protected in an archival-quality Mylar wrapper fitted without the use of tape or adhesives; has light shelf wear; chipping to edges; 3cm x 3cm closed tear at spine heel; moderate chipping to spine head; 7cm x 4cm loss at lower rear and flap; not price clipped. "The history of a contented man. It was not his life but the spirit David brought to it that mattered; he was an explorer who never left home. This novel will be beloved because it thins the line between the heroic and the hum-drum and makes the ordinary extraordinarily exciting."