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The Cruise of the "Janet Nichol" Among the South Sea Islands
by Stevenson, Mrs. Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner, 1914. Book. Good+. Hardcover. First American Edition, First printing.. New York: Charles Scribner, 1914. First American Edition, First printing. Good+/no dust jacket. First American edition, published October, 1914. Clean red buckram cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on cover and spine. Tiny spots of wear to corner tips. Wonderful diary of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson (Fanny V. de G. Stevenson) as she and her husband traveled in the South Seas and encountered many challenges. Book is solid and clean, but has cracking to rear hinge which has been repaired. Pages and edges are clean - no previous owner markings. Illustrated with excellent photographs throughout. Preface by the author. 189 pages. A scarce book..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029630
- Title
- The Cruise of the "Janet Nichol" Among the South Sea Islands
- Author
- Stevenson, Mrs. Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Edition
- First American Edition, First printing.
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- ADVENTURE, TRAVEL, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, JANET NICHOL SOUTH SEA CRUISE, SHIPS, SAILING, NAUTICAL TRAVEL NARRATIVE, FANNY V. DE G. FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel; ships/sailing/shipwrecks;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
Biblio member since 2003
Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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