The Barbary Pirates
by Forester, C. S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: Macdonald. 1956. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ lightly rubbed at edges & spine ends, interior of DJ mildly foxed. Book lightly bumped at lower front corner. Three-toned illustrations by Charles Mazoujian. Maps to endpapers. 185 pages. How the early US Navy became involved in the Barbary Wars of the early 19th century. Landmark Books No. 6. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB323953
- Title
- The Barbary Pirates
- Author
- Forester, C. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macdonald
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Adelaide Booksellers
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About the Seller
Adelaide Booksellers
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About Adelaide Booksellers
Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookseller. Member ANZAAB.Founded in 1979, Adelaide Booksellers is one of Adelaide's oldest and most respected secondhand and antiquarian booksellers. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers [ANZAAB]. Has Adelaide's most comprehensive selection of book on military history. Also a very good range of Australiana books, Childrens's Books, Art and History books.Something for every budget. Now primarily an online/telephone seller but open to the public by arrangement.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...