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The Western Ocean Packets. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
by LUBBOCK Basil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
James Brown, Glasgow,, 1925. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 21 plates, neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; original red cloth, upper board and backstrip pettered in gilt, backstrip very lightly sunned else a very good, bright, crisp copy. A standard reference by one of leading historians of the age of sail.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Island Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36274
- Title
- The Western Ocean Packets. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
- Author
- LUBBOCK Basil
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Brown, Glasgow,
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- maritime, naval, sail, western ocean, western ocean packets, lubbock, basil lubbock
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About the Seller
Island Books
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Thakeham, West Sussex
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...