Saga Of The "Discovery"
by Bernacchi, L. C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Blackie & Son. Good with no dust jacket. (1938). First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Some rubbing to ends of spine. A couple of 1/4" tears at head and tail of spine. 3/8" tear to cloth at head of spine. ; xv, [1], 240 pages + plates + folding map. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 213mm x 132mm. "The long line of explorers of the Southern Seas extends back into Spanish days, and the work was taken up by those large-hearted Elizabethans who did really feel the 'frost and cold, the ice and snow, and whales and all that move in the waters did bless the Lord and did magnify Him for ever'. The line passes down from sailing ships to steamships until to-day we stand with the aeroplane." - the opening paragraph. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9217
- Title
- Saga Of The "Discovery"
- Author
- Bernacchi, L. C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1938)
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- Gilt
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.