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The Ship ; Mr Midshipman Hornblower ; The Earthly Paradise ; The General ; The Captain from Connecticut ; The African Queen
by Forester, C. S
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0905712021
- ISBN 13
- 9780905712024
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Heinemann Octopus. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1985. Omnibus. Hardcover. 0905712021 . DJ shows very light shelf wear, gift inscription on page facing half title page. Dust jacket has dampstain base of spine, 1 inch tear base of fore-edge, chipping and general wear top edge, short faint ink mark front page edges ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 861 pages; A choice selection of Forester's works in Omnibus edition, six books, complete and unabridged. .
Synopsis
A longtime staff writer at The New Yorker, Calvin Trillin is also The Nation ’s deadline poet. His bestsellers range from the memoir About Alice to Obliviously On He Sails: The Bush Administration in Rhyme . He lives in Greenwich Village, which he describes as “a neighborhood where people from the suburbs come on weekends to test their car alarms.”
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20995
- Title
- The Ship ; Mr Midshipman Hornblower ; The Earthly Paradise ; The General ; The Captain from Connecticut ; The African Queen
- Author
- Forester, C. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- Omnibus
- ISBN 10
- 0905712021
- ISBN 13
- 9780905712024
- Publisher
- Heinemann Octopus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- 0905712021, MARITIME, Africa, hornblower
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Historical; Fiction / Maritime;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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- Chipping
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- Shelf Wear
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- Good+
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Half Title
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