Captain Cook Explores The South Seas World Landmark #19 HB/DJ
by Armstrong Sperry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Excellent/Good Plus
- Seller
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Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Item Price
£44.52£33.39
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About This Item
Random House, 1955. Hardcover. Excellent/Good Plus. 8x5x1. Armstrong Sperry. Vintage Landmark Cloth Cover Hardback Book with Dust Jacket. Inside text is in Excellent condition with a tight binding and clean crisp pages. Inside text appears to be unread. No writing or markings in the book. Outside cloth covers are very nice. Dust Jacket is in Good Plus condition with some minor soiling primarily to the back cover, small tears, and some heavier edge chipping to include the outside spine. Some smaller missing pieces primarily at the front cover bottom edge. Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (195/195) and is now covered by a new clear mylar cover. This is a less common title in the wonderful Landmark series. Book has come from a private collection. Landmark Books and World Landmark Books are accurate, in-depth stories for young people in the 9-15 year old range. These living histories were written by award-winning authors or by men and women who experienced the events first hand. Written during the 1950's and 1960's and illustrated either with two-color drawings or clear photographs, the books are informative, enjoyable, and well worth reading and collecting. Captain Cook Explores the South Seas World Landmark book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Keller Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230813D
- Title
- Captain Cook Explores The South Seas World Landmark #19 HB/DJ
- Author
- Armstrong Sperry
- Illustrator
- Armstrong Sperry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Excellent
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Random House
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 8x5x1
- Weight
- 0.81 lbs
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Keller Books
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Lynchburg, Virginia
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Glossary
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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