A Dictionary of Passenger Ship Disasters
by David L. Williams
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Ian Allan Publishing, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2009. First Published. 288 pages. Signed by the author. Dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Signed by the author with dedication to front free endpaper. Black and white photographic plates. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Binding remains firm throughout. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Some minor tanning, creasing and scuffing overall.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1683552914MHA
- Title
- A Dictionary of Passenger Ship Disasters
- Author
- David L. Williams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ian Allan Publishing
- Date Published
- 2009
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- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...