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The Last of the Windjammers - Volume I and II
by Lubbock, Basil
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Glasgow, Scotland: Brown, Son, & Ferguson Ltd.. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume I - xiv, 518pp. Second printing, 1969, stated. Volume II - xv, 448pp. Second printing, 1970, stated. Both volumes - indexed illustrations including frontis, and plans including multiple fold-outs, all collated to index. Mapped endpapers. Med blue cloth for Vol. I, darker blue cloth for Vol. II, both w blindstamp lettering to cover, gold lettering to spine. Light shelf wear. Bindings square and sound. Photo illustrated DJs are clean, however previous owner has neatly trimmed edges top, bottom and fore w masking tape (3/8") to guard against edgewear and reinforced backside of the spine and fore edges the same. Vol II DJ. DJs are now preserved in mylar covers. Octavo. Additional shipping may be required for this two volume set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046584
- Title
- The Last of the Windjammers - Volume I and II
- Author
- Lubbock, Basil
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Brown, Son, & Ferguson Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Maritime History. Sailing ships -- History Windjammers (Sailing ships) -- History. Lubbock, Basil, 1876-1944. NOISBN History
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Railway / Marine / Transport and Transportation;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Post Horizon Booksellers
Biblio member since 2021
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
About Post Horizon Booksellers
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
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