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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1943. First edition. Historical fiction, the story of two people aboard a French army transport from Syria bound to Marseille the day before Mussolini declared war. Black cloth, color illustrated dustjacket. Light edge rubbing, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages free from names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and has some edgewear and age-toning, some chipping to the corners and spine ends, lettering at spine head partially affected. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 258pp. Very good. Slightest bit of edgewear to wrappers. Tight and handsome first edition of this World War Two-related fiction -- "the story of the sailing of a big French army transport from Syria bound for Marseille on June 9, 1940, the day before Mussolini declared war." The "wrappers" actually appear to be the dust jacket from the hardbound edition affixed to blank stiff wrappers, with front and rear inner text flaps affixed to inside front and rear wrappers -- this, plus a stiff 3¼" X 5½" printed "Bookmark for 'Last Boat from Beyrouth'" promo card laid in soliciting comments, suggest this may have been an oddball type of advance or review copy.…

Hardcover. Zustand: VG. Hardback in Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 323 pages. Signed by author on front endpaper. Ownership bookplate; light wear to dust jacket edges; small newspaper article pasted to rear endpaper. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *. …

Green hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Fair. Reprint. Worn reading copy. 190mm x 140mm (7" x 6"). 323pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Very Good dj. First Edition. [a good sound copy with modest shelfwear, some age-toning to edges of text block; the jacket is a bit edgeworn with tiny bits of paper loss at several corners, one short but ragged tear and associated creasing at the bottom edge of the front panel The "two-fisted leader of Westportal's Y.M.C.A." takes on corrupt politics and police in this "typical small American city." "Elected to the important office of Director of Security, Cardiff and his aids proceed rough-shod to raid speakeasies, destroy stills, and to turn the whole police department upside down. The result is that the husky reformer comes into dangerous personal contact with criminal factions, is plunged into the midst of bootleg wwars, of bombings, of general violence.and at last, troubled by both family and public affairs, falls into the very web of corruption that he had set himself to destroy.".…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

dj. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 337pp, [1], [1 ad leaf], [3]. Oxidation to gilt, light foxing to text edges, with light wear to extremities; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), gently spine-sunned, with moderate wear along upper edge, particularly at the crown, and rear panel slightly grubby; Very Good. Novel featuring a small-town Y.M.C.A. leader and municipal reformer who is corrupted by the forces he seeks to destroy. Set in a fictional middle-western town in the midst of bootleg wars, bombings, and general violence. HANNA 435. …