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First edition
The Boer War
Thomas Pakenham
Random House, 1979. First edition, fourth printing.
$20One copy · this copy
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- Book
- Near Fine
- Jacket
- Very Good
- Jacket note
- The dust jacket grades Very Good.
- Our ref
- RCB-cf211f01f0a5
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-cf211f01f0a5 · 8 photographs of this copy
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US first published by Random House, 1979, cloth in dust jacket
examined on the copy in hand
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Random House firsts of this era state "First Edition" on the copyright page; this copy does not
examined on the copy in hand
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Number line lowest digit is 4 — a fourth printing
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Jacket flap priced $20.00 with "12/79" code; spine bears Random House colophon
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First published in the UK by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1979
examined on the copy in hand
Flaws, each one named
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light edgewear and small closed tears, head of jacket spine
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toning/age to jacket, especially rear panel
3
faint soiling to jacket
This copy
First edition
What a true first shows: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1979 (UK first); Random House, New York, 1979 (US first), cloth in jacket
Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.