Dunkirk Summer
by Turner, Philip
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0241023211
- ISBN 13
- 9780241023211
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1973. First Edition . Hardcover. Good +/Very Good. This is an ex-library copy, but clean and relatively unmarked. The interior is crisp. The front free end paper is missing, and there is a "withdrawn" stamp on the half title page and a small ownership stamp on the last page of text, but no other marks or wear. The blue covers are fresh, with light wear at tips and corners, but no marks or damage. The gilt spine lettering is still bright. The dust jacket is price-clipped, but is otherwise in very good condition, with no library attachments, little wear, and no damage. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: The story is set in the summer of 1940. The H.M.S. Painted Lady is the pride and joy of the Sea Cadets, a pre-1914 paddle steamer now moored in Darnley Mills. The story follows two friends, Andy Birch and his friend Archie. They are still Sea Cadets, but both are finishing school and will be called up very soon. Meanwhile, they spend a great deal of their time on the Lady, helping the C.O. and Bos'n Jake. Andy is also developing a friendship with Patricia Lambert, the rector's daughter. All in all, a lovely summer, until -- unexpectedly -- the news of Dunkirk comes, and a call to coal up the old Grey Lady and take her to sea. Andy does his best to stow away on the Lady, but is sent back by the C.O. & Bos'n Jake to do his last bit of growing up before his turn comes.
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Details
- Seller
- Granny Goose Books (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 006170
- Title
- Dunkirk Summer
- Author
- Turner, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0241023211
- ISBN 13
- 9780241023211
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Children's Fictiion, Historical Fiction, World War II. Darnley Mills
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction; World War II;
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Granny Goose Books
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Ottawa, Ontario
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Used and collectable children's books.
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