HARBOR PIRATES
by Stratton, Clarence, Charles K. Stevens (illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
-
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1937. Later Printing. Hardcover. Some chipping, tape repaired tears, 1" chip top of dust jacket. Previous owner's name (small) on front free end paper.; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A tight solid book. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 264 pages; "David, a young 'water rat;, who loved to explore the wharves and docks of the waterfront on which he lived got to know the ships and people of the harbor. This knowledge stood him in good stead when he was searching for thieves who took silk from incoming merchant ships" jacket blurb .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 896
- Title
- HARBOR PIRATES
- Author
- Stratton, Clarence, Charles K. Stevens (illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Color Frontispiece
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Juvenile, Merchant ships, Sailors, Pirates
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
Satisfaction guaranteed - if I have made an error in the description, I will refund book and shipping both ways. If the customer just changes his/her mind I will only refund one shipping charge. Please contact me before sending a book back. Any dust jackets on books will have a Mylar protector. Books shipped from US or Canada.
About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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- Blurb
- The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...