THE GAM BEING A GROUP OF WHALING STORIES.
by Robbins, Charles Henry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No jacket
- Seller
-
Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New Bedford: H. S. Hutchinson and Company, 1899. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. New Bedford:H. S. Hutchinson and Company. 1899. 1st edition. 203pp, Illustrated. Hardcover. With slip of A. J. Ochs and Company attached above original publishers name of title page. New Bedford 1899 on spine strip. A very good, clean copy. Gilt on spine strip slightly dulled, with lightl wear along edges and spine ends. Internally, end pages very slightly soiled with a bookseller ticket to bottom of 1st free end-page. No other previous owners marks or signatures found. The binding is tight with hinges intact. A very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26892
- Title
- THE GAM BEING A GROUP OF WHALING STORIES.
- Author
- Robbins, Charles Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New Bedford: H. S. Hutchinson and Company
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- MARITIME; WHALING; NEW BEDFORD;
Terms of Sale
Parnassus Book Service
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About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts
About Parnassus Book Service
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.