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A Custom of the Sea
by Carlisle, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0575035102
- ISBN 13
- 9780575035102
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1984. Apparent First. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 254 p.; VG+/VG+;dark blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine, unclipped pictorial DJ, very slight wear to edges, clean interior. Fictionalized account of the ordeal of Captain George Pollard, of the whaling ship Essex. Part of Pollard's account inspired scenes in Moby Dick. Published in the US by Knopf under the title "The Jonah Man". 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reading Rat (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RRAB1458
- Title
- A Custom of the Sea
- Author
- Carlisle, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Apparent First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0575035102
- ISBN 13
- 9780575035102
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Seafaring Marine Shipwreck Fiction Essex
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Reading Rat
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About the Seller
Reading Rat
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Reading Rat
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