Author: SMITH, WILBUR A.
Title: Power of the Sword
Description: Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Company, 1986. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316801712. Illustrated by James Barkley. Cover Art; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book is in generally clean condition. There is some light rolling to the spine of the book. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but has a couple of small edge nicks / tears, and some light, noticeable rubbing to the spine ends and corners. "With plenty of spare time in the evening and access to plenty of pens and paper through his job at the Inland Revenue Service, Smith turned back to his love of writing. He found that he was able to sell his first story "On Flinder’s Face" under the pen name Steven Lawrence to Argosy magazine in April 1963 for £70, twice his monthly salary. After a number of further acceptances, he wrote his first novel, The Gods First Make Mad, and had by 1962 received 20 rejections. Reviewing what he had written Smith could see that he had a novel of 180,000 words, yet it was long, badly written, had too many characters and tried to express an opinion on everything from politics and racial tension to women. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 0316801712 Modern Fiction First Edition Wilbur A. Smith South Africa World War II
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Title: Power of the Sword
Description: Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Company, 1986. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316801712. Illustrated by James Barkley. Cover Art; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book is in generally clean condition. There is some light rolling to the spine of the book. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but has a couple of small edge nicks / tears, and some light, noticeable rubbing to the spine ends and corners. "With plenty of spare time in the evening and access to plenty of pens and paper through his job at the Inland Revenue Service, Smith turned back to his love of writing. He found that he was able to sell his first story "On Flinder’s Face" under the pen name Steven Lawrence to Argosy magazine in April 1963 for £70, twice his monthly salary. After a number of further acceptances, he wrote his first novel, The Gods First Make Mad, and had by 1962 received 20 rejections. Reviewing what he had written Smith could see that he had a novel of 180,000 words, yet it was long, badly written, had too many characters and tried to express an opinion on everything from politics and racial tension to women. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 0316801712 Modern Fiction First Edition Wilbur A. Smith South Africa World War II
Price: US$ 15.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 45011
- Book number: 45011
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