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Captain Cook's Three Voyages round the World , with a sketch of his life
by Low, Lieutenant Charles R. – Editor
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
The Standard Library Company, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Introduction by editor. The text is illustrated in a green coloured cloth, with the back strip being plain with silver coloured titles and the front panel textured with silver coloured embossed titles – please see photograph. Title says it all. The book is showing age and wear - please see photographs. Shipping to the lower back strip edge and to the top right-hand corner of the top edge. Pieces of the cloth, probably from insect nibbles, are missing from the back strip and along the lower edge of the front spine gutter. Rubbing to the book edges along with chipping and pumping. Rubbing of the book panels along with some fading. Flecking to the rear panel. Uniform heavy tanning of the text book edges and pages and there is foxing to the textblock edges. The front hinge has cracked and the underlying webbing is visible and there is some cracking of the rear hinge. Offsets tanning and marking of the end pages, and, there is a gift inscription (dated 1901) to the three front end page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [3], 4 - 512 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Exploration; 18th century; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 0128526. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0128526
- Title
- Captain Cook's Three Voyages round the World , with a sketch of his life
- Author
- Low, Lieutenant Charles R. – Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Standard Library Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Exploration, Pacific, Captain Cook – three voyages, biography Exploration; 18th century; Biography & Autobiography. Unbranded Low, Lieutenant Charles R. – Editor Captain Cook's Three Voyages round the World , with a
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
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