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A Privateer's Voyage Round the World. With Aspersions Upon Him By William Betagh
by George Shelvocke with Wiliam Betagh
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
1st thus. Good+ hardcover, no DJ. Blue cloth over boards, gilt titles on spine. Covers and spine are clean but front cover shows old drink ring stain; some fading along cover edges; tightly bound; owner name on front free end paper; clean interior with slight general age darkening; leaves remain supple. 12mo, 285 pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19471
- Title
- A Privateer's Voyage Round the World. With Aspersions Upon Him By William Betagh
- Author
- George Shelvocke with Wiliam Betagh
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith
- Date Published
- 1930
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- BRITAIN; BRITISH; SEAFARING; PIRATES; PRIVATEERS; SOUTH AMERICA; BOATS; SHIPPING; MAROONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; ISLANDS; JUAN FERNANDEZ
- Bookseller catalogs
- Geography, History, Travel;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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...
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