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KENT**, ALEXANDER [pseud Douglas Reeman]: : CROSS OF ST GEORGE.**

LONDON.HEINEMANN,1996.

ISBN 0434002895.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj as there is no actual publisher's price printed.Assumed an export copy,which usually precedes UK trade issues.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial wrap-around artwork by Geoffrey Husband illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edge slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal and also minimally spotted/foxed; fore- edge brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip with immaculate plain white endpapers and slight spine/backstrip roll.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-275pp [paginated] + 4pp blanks to rear,includes half-title+title pages,contents list/table,17 chapters+ epilogue. In the bitter February of 1813,with convoys from Canada and the Caribbean falling victim to American privateers,Sir Richard Bolitho returns to Halifax to pursue a war he knows cannot be won,but which neither Britain nor the United States can afford to lose.After nearly thirty years of almost continuous conflict with the old enemy,France,England and her Admiral desire only peace.But peace will not be found in the icy Canadian waters where a young,angry nation asserts its identity,and men who share a common heritage die in close and bloody action. Nor is there peace for those who follow the Cross of St George: not for the embittered Adam,mourning the loss of his lover and his ship,nor for Rear-Admiral Valentine Keen,who remains strangely indifferent to responsibility.Nor will there be peace from those who use this struggle between nations as an instrument of personal revenge.Author's 23rd Richard Bolitho novel in the series.See also,the next following sequential,alpha-numeric book ID rja26387 and also the previous sequential,alpha-numeric book ID's back to rja26307 for further Richard Bolitho titles from this series. Want more Alexander KENT titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS and MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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

KENT**, ALEXANDER [pseud Douglas Reeman]: : CROSS OF ST GEORGE.**

LONDON.HEINEMANN,1996.

ISBN 0434002895.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj as there is no actual publisher's price printed.Assumed an export copy,which usually precedes UK trade issues.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial wrap-around artwork by Geoffrey Husband,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - one small nick/closed tear to foot of spine/backstrip to upper board's gutter.Inevitable,but minimal indents to dw/dj panels.Top edge slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal,fore-edge slightly brighter; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip with immaculate plain white endpapers and slight spine/backstrip roll.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-275pp [paginated] + 4pp blanks to rear, includes half-title+title pages,contents list/ table,17 chapters and an epilogue. In the bitter February of 1813,with convoys from Canada and the Caribbean falling victim to American privateers,Sir Richard Bolitho returns to Halifax to pursue a war he knows cannot be won,but which neither Britain nor the United States can afford to lose. After nearly thirty years of almost continuous conflict with the old enemy,France, England and her Admiral desire only peace.But peace will not be found in the icy Canadian waters where a young,angry nation asserts its identity,and men who share a common heritage die in close and bloody action.Nor is there peace for those who follow the Cross of St George: not for the embittered Adam,mourning the loss of his lover and his ship,nor for Rear-Admiral Valentine Keen,who remains strangely indifferent to responsibility. Nor will there be peace from those who use this struggle between nations as an instrument of personal revenge. Author's 23rd Richard Bolitho novel in the series.See also,the next following sequential, alpha-numeric book ID rja26387 and also the previous sequential,alpha-numeric book ID's back to rja26307 for further Richard Bolitho titles from this series. Want more Alexander KENT titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS and MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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

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