The Death-Ship. The story of an American sailor
by Traven, B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cape Town, South Africa
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About This Item
Chato & Windus. First edition in English. Translated from the original 'Das Totenschiff: Geschichte lines Amerikanischen Seemanns' by Eric Sutton. A few spots of foxing to the page edges. Top edge dyed red, bottom edge untrimmed. Slight lean to the spine. 311 Pages. Binding firm. First Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair. Edge wear. 1cm piece missing to the lower front panel corresponding with the abrasion to the cloth. Some foxing and tanning to the spine. Price clipped. Binding: Hardcover. Red cloth covers. Boards a touch dusty with a small abrasion to the lower front board.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quagga Books (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306104
- Title
- The Death-Ship. The story of an American sailor
- Author
- Traven, B
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chato & Windus
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction & Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Quagga Books
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About the Seller
Quagga Books
Biblio member since 2018
Cape Town
About Quagga Books
We have been in business for over 25 years. Situated in Kalk Bay, Cape Town at the Southern tip of Africa, we deal in all types of collectable books. Over the years we have been featured in Time Magazine, The New York Times, Louis Vuitton Travel Guide, The Guardian and numerous others.
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Price Clipped
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....