Buy this book on-line

DONACHIE**, DAVID: : THE SCENT OF BETRAYAL. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.MACMILLAN.an imprint of Macmillan General Books,1996.

ISBN 9780333634172.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete nuber line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] VG/VG. No owner name but author's handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication - to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,glossy, colour pictorial artwork by Geoff Hunt, illustrated front of dw/dj with author's capitalised,bright,crisp,embossed gilt-lettered name and capitalised,glossy,embossed,white-lettered title.Spine/backstripwith colour thumbnail detail from front's illustration and similarly coloured+lettered - but flat printed - author name and title,publisher's capitalised, white-lettered name and colour illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with a background and a white-lettered strapline /synopsis.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,inevitable but light pushing at head+ foot of spine,rear panel of dw/dj with some minimal superficial scoring/indents but without penetration to board below.Book with a slight lean,and some adhesive/cloth dye (?) partial bleeding to front gutter of front's endpapers. The book lean/spine roll seems to be a common fault amongst others noted in this particular title.Top edges lightly aged/toned but without noticeable foxing/spotting; contents bright and clean with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Publisher's bright crisp,clean, unblemished,generally sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers -front's bleed excepted. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,1-405pp [paginated] includes 41 chapters each with b/w line illustrated headpiece of a contemporary 3-masted man-of-war ship,a historical note as last page; plus [unpaginated] 2pp blanks,half-title, author SIGNED title page,a dedication with a b/w regional map of the Mississippi Basin to it's verso,and to the rear 2pp blanks.                See also my book IDs' rja640016 -A DIVIDED COMMAND' (2013) and rja1049223 - 'An Awkward Commission' (2006) for UK,HB+dw/dj,1st edns.      Visually,the external appearance is acceptable,and even internally,is also in a more than acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 25+ year-old age.Despite the faults described it is still an acceptable,desirable author SIGNED example.      See also my book IDs' rja640016 'A DIVIDED COMMAND.' and rja1049223 - 'An Awkward Commission.' (2006) for UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edns. 1795.                                            The Buccephalas lies,trapped under the Spanish guns of New Orleans.Harry must win freedom for his ship in a deadly game played out in the dark woods at the heart of the American continent.     The 5th adventure for Harry Ludlow, privateer, and his brother James, which includes: a hazardous journey into the political intrigue of the city of New Orleans, a trek into the woods of the American Hinterland, and an escape up the Mississippi from under the guns of the Spanish forts.                                            Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints.