The Black Buccaneer
by Meader, Stephen W., Illustrated by Shenton, Edward & Stephen W. Meader
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1957 Hard Cover. Good/Good. Later Printing. Octavo. 281 pages. 7th printing. Green imitation cloth boards and binding with black lettering and decoration. Slightly cocked spine; light wear to head and tail of spine and to corners of boards. Jacket price clipped; small surface tear on front jacket; mild soiling on front and rear jacket; minor chips and tears on upper and lower edges of jacket..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 998866
- Title
- The Black Buccaneer
- Author
- Meader, Stephen W., Illustrated by Shenton, Edward & Stephen W. Meader
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1957
- Keywords
- SHENTON, EDWARD & STEPHEN W. MEADER
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:
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.