W. H. Allen, 1956, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, First
glossary. Red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with red, black and white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip. "The story concerns four seamen who took the regulation pasteboard from the ranks in the drill shed at the Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham, and so made their first step into the unknown." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Softening of the backstrip with rubbing of the book corners and lower book edges. Slight cocking of the spine. browning in faint foxing to the textblock edges and age toning of the pages. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. Heavy rubbing to the dustwrapper panels and there is some staining to the lower edge of the rear panel. A few small tears to the top dustwrapper edge, rear panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 9-224 pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 0116767.
glossary. Red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with red, black and white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip. "The story concerns four seamen who took the regulation pasteboard from the ranks in the drill shed at the Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham, and so made their first step into the unknown." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Softening of the backstrip with rubbing of the book corners and lower book edges. Slight cocking of the spine. browning in faint foxing to the textblock edges and age toning of the pages. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. Heavy rubbing to the dustwrapper panels and there is some staining to the lower edge of the rear panel. A few small tears to the top dustwrapper edge, rear panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 9-224 pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 0116767.