The Explorer
by Maugham, William Somerset
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Toronto: Musson Book Company Limited Book. Illus. by Colour Frontispiece And A B & W Illustration By F. Graham Coates. Good Minus. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. 5 1/2 x 7 Inches. Original olive green cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Front hinge broken halfway down, rear hinge cracked. Missing FFEP. Minor edgewear. Dent in edge of front cover about 2" from top. This is a story of a well-off family whose fortune has been squandered by an irresponsible father, and his children's efforts to keep their 300-year-old estate in the family. 297 pp..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dave Shoots, Bookseller (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013337
- Title
- The Explorer
- Author
- Maugham, William Somerset
- Illustrator
- Colour Frontispiece And A B & W Illustration By F. Graham Coates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Canadian Edition
- Publisher
- Musson Book Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Size
- 5 1/2 x 7 Inches
- Keywords
- NOISBN. Fiction.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
In case of returns, seller will refund purchase price and initial shipping cost provided merchandise is returned in good condition within 14 days of sale. Payment methods accepted: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, PayPal (to daveshoots@nb.aibn.com), cash, cheque or money order. 20% discount to the trade. Books will be shipped as customer prefers upon receipt of purchase price and shipping costs. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR BOOK. THANKS!
About the Seller
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2004
Saint John, New Brunswick
About Dave Shoots, Bookseller
We have been booksellers since 2000. We deal in old and rare hardcovers, primarily non-fiction. We have about 10,000 books in four rooms of an 1820's mansion located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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,...