From MANOR COLLECTABLES, WOODHALL SPA, LINCS, United Kingdom
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About this Item
Direct from Michael Gilbert's private library in Kent comes this first US edition of Close Quarters (the author's first book), first published in the UK in 1947. The author's personal copy, it bears his distinctive green & white library label adhered to the front pastedown.Acquired directly from the Gilbert Family after the author's death in 2006. Top edge a little dusty, else near fine (yellow cloth) in VG+ pictorial blue & purple dustwrapper with chipping/minor loss at the head and foot of the spine and at the corners. A unique rarity!. Seller Inventory # 2289
Bibliographic Details
Title: Close Quarters
Publisher: Walker, New York
Publication Date: 1963
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: Special Edition
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