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In Hazard
by Hughes, Richard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. An attractive first printing of this gripping novel of a steamship caught up in an open-ocean hurricane, by the author of "A High Wind in Jamaica." First edition. Octavo (7.75 x 5. 25 in.); 273pp.; blue cloth boards, in dust jacket. Light bumping to top front board corner. Light rubbing/bumping to top fore-corner of the (moderately edge-toned) textblock. Offsetting to rear free endpaper and rear jacket flap from laid-in material: a contemporary review clipped from New York Herald Tribune, included now in archival isolation. Also laid in are the remnants of a belly band announcing the selection of the book as a Daily Main Book of the Month selection. In an unclipped ("7s. 6d. net") jacket with a small chip at head of front panel, light toning to spine, wear along hinges. A near fine copy in a very good (+) jacket.
Synopsis
Richard Hughes (1900—1976) attended Oxford and lived for most of his life in a castle in Wales. His books include The Fox in the Attic, The Wooden Shepherdess , and A High Wind in Jamaica. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and, in the United States, an honorary member of both the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1946. John Crowley is the author of many critically acclaimed books, including Love & Sleep, Aegypt , and Little, Big . He lives in northern Massachusetts with his wife and twin daughters.
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- Bookseller
- Dividing Line Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001633
- Title
- In Hazard
- Author
- Hughes, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Dividing Line Books
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Ridgewood, New York
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