Bare Hands; Being the Story of the Extraordinary Steam Boat That Was Built on Devil's Island
by Daniel, Hawthorne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
-
Springfield, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1929. Reprint Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Jansson, Arthur A. Book . VG- HB in G+ DJ, protected by mylar cover. Undated reprint. 244 p.: ill.; 21 cm. Tan cloth over boards w/orange title on cover and spine; dampstain along lower 4" of front and rear edges. Textblock is tight, slightly tanned from age, and unmarked. Unclipped DJ is worn around the edges with 3/4" tear at bottom of front joint and chipping at top and bottom of spine; 3 closed tears at top of back panel. Reprint in an inexpensive edition by a publisher other than the original publisher. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 244 pages. Item Type: Book. Illustrator: Jansson, Arthur A.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Action & Adventure; United States; 1900-1920; . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 905. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 905
- Title
- Bare Hands; Being the Story of the Extraordinary Steam Boat That Was Built on Devil's Island
- Author
- Daniel, Hawthorne
- Illustrator
- Jansson, Arthur A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- BZDB22 Devils Island Fiction; Action & Adventure; United States; 1900-1920; Jansson, Arthur A. Unbranded Daniel, Hawthorne Bare Hands; Being the Story of the Extraordinary Steam Boat That Was Built on Devil's Island
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
Ohio residents must pay the required state sales tax for intra-state sales. Thirty (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
Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
Biblio member since 2007
Springfield, Ohio
About Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
Quaint Book Shop is an online bookselling service that features regional and local history, classic children's and religious books and specializes in Kenneth Roberts books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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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