OUR MERCHANT SHIPPING: Its Present State Considered
by Lindsay, W. S
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London/Sunderland: Longman and Company/Vint & Carr; J. Williams, 1860. 318 pp. Original red cloth covers stamped in blind w/ gilt title on spine. Binding moderately soiled w/ wear to extremities. Approx. 1 1/4" chip to cloth at bottom of spine along front hinge; crack along top of front outer hinge. Spine sunned. Four leaves in front roughly opened, otherwise, rest of leaves mostly unopened. Edges of leaves lightly age toned.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23480NAUT
- Title
- OUR MERCHANT SHIPPING: Its Present State Considered
- Author
- Lindsay, W. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Longman and Company/Vint & Carr; J. Williams
- Place of Publication
- London/Sunderland
- Date Published
- 1860
- Keywords
- NAUTICAL HISTORY MARITIME MERCHANT SHIPPING MERCHANT SHIPS TRANSPORTATION SHIPPING BOUNTIES AND SUBSIDIES MERCHANT MARINE WORLD HISTORY GREAT BRITAIN EUROPE NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical; Transportation;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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