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The Algerine Captive
by Tyler, Royall; edited for the modern reader by Don L. Cook
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New Haven: College & University Press, 1970. Reprint of this boisterous early American novel, first published in 1797; edited for modern readers. Hardcover, light blue cloth, navy titling. Light wear, minor corner bumps, spine faded, light fading to edges; ink X inside front cover, old sticker stain to free endsheet. Text clean; 224 pages.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.
Synopsis
Caleb Crain is the author of American Sympathy: Men, Friendship, and Literature in the New Nation . He lives in Brooklyn.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- np0375
- Title
- The Algerine Captive
- Author
- Tyler, Royall; edited for the modern reader by Don L. Cook
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- College & University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Americana, Fiction, Early American Writing
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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....