The Witching Ship
by Frederic Morton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Stated first printing. Book is a little bumped at upper fore edge corners. Light bumping and wear to head and tail of spine. Pages are free of marks and binding is sound. Dust jacket has a just a bit of wear to extremities; light rubbing/soiling to surfaces; not price clipped; price on flap has been crossed through and an .49 written in ink next to it. DJ has been placed in an archival mylar sleeve. 271 pages. 5.5 x 8 inches. ''An eerie, intense and unpleasant fascination characterizes this story of an eight days' voyage of a luxury cruise ship--Dutch and presumably neutral--pressed into service early in the war as a transport ship for refugees, only to be caught in its final days, with the news that Rotterdam had been blasted from the sky. Those eight days are mirrored in a vacuum: on the side, the terrors of escaping Hitler's Europe, with shreds of dignity and hastily gathered portable possessions and memories of past grandeurs and future obloquies; on the other, a thin scattering of Americans, homeward bound, seeking fleeting sensations snatched in passing.'' --Kirkus Reviews
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009394
- Title
- The Witching Ship
- Author
- Frederic Morton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- WWII, novel, Holland, fiction,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Boyd Used & Rare Books
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Portland, Oregon
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