The Romance of the Merchant Ship
by Hawks, Ellison
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sidmouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George G Harrap, 1931 Blue cloth on boards with gilt titles on spine and blind-stamped on upper cover. Slight rubbing to head/foot of spine. Contents clean and flat. Full-colour frontispiece and b/w plates and inset illustrations throughout. One loose plate laid-in.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Balfour Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029400
- Title
- The Romance of the Merchant Ship
- Author
- Hawks, Ellison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George G Harrap
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1931
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- The Romance of the Merchant Ship Hawks, Ellison
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- 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...
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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