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THE RESCUE
by Conrad, Joseph
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920. First US Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 404 pages. In Good condition with Fair dust jacket. Of white and green spine with green text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering with tail edge of spine chipped off, open tearing to head edge of spine, tearing along all edges of both covers, chipping to corners, wear to joints, rust stain on front flap from paperclip, and water staining to inside of dust jacket. Boards have light rubbing to corners and spine edges. Textblock has rust stain from paperclip on copyright and dedication pages, impression from paperclip from front endpaper to contents page, and remnant of bookplate on front endpaper. Shelved Case 13. 1371218. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Synopsis
Civil war rages between the native tribes of the Malay straits. Captain Tim Wingard sides with the Rajah Hassim. But as is the case with so much in the Far East, nothing is quite straightforward and events unfold by indirection.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1371218
- Title
- THE RESCUE
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1920
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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