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The Cruel Sea - the true first printing
by Monsarrat, Nicholas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cassell, 1951. First edition, first printing. Published by Cassell in London, 1951. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper has some slight wear at the corners and some mild separation at the top and tail of the spine. It has been price clipped (at a 90 degree angle!). The boards are sharp at the corners and mostly bright, but the spine is slightly worn and faded. The text blocks are foxed throughout the side edge, but mostly clean at the top and bottom edges. This copy is free from previous owners ink. The true first printing, with F.351 on the copyright page. Overall, this is a near fine copy of a fine title. It follows the lives of a group of Royal Navy sailors fighting the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War. It contains seven chapters, each describing a year during the war.
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Details
- Bookseller
- John Atkinson Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15828
- Title
- The Cruel Sea - the true first printing
- Author
- Monsarrat, Nicholas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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John Atkinson Books
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire
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Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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