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THE SEA AROUND US First State Book Club
by Carson, Rachel L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Item Price
£80.76£64.61
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About This Item
Oxford University Press: NY. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Scarce first state book club edition. Book is very good, Former owner name penned on front fly. Pictorial boards are lightly rubbed. Half title page has offset from long gone paper item. First issue points for the book: First thus ed. Title page states: NEW YORK OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1951 Copyright page states at bottom: Copyright 1950, 1951 by Rachel L. Carson Printed in the United States of America, by H. Wolff, New York. The boards are matted not later state glossy. Book is 8 3/8 inches tall; straight cut page edges. The pictorial boards were easily rubbed and damaged and were not acceptable to Carson. These dull board, reviewer copies are the first state of this ed. Oxford University Press had all remaining copies of the 1st printing rebound in a glossy “plasticized” paper over the boards. The boards were still pictorial and mimicked the dust jacket. The second state of the 1st printing is characterized by these highly glossy boards (print run unknown) ". Very good jacket, second state with two reviews on bottom of front flap (Thor Heyerdahi and New York Times). Moderate wear to edges/folds and rub. A 1972 news paper article about the author has been laid inside.. 1951 National Book Award to Rachel Carson For the Sea Around Us. 'Rachael Carson's The Sea Around Us brings to the attention of the public a hitherto unconsidered field of scientific inquiry of great importance to the spiritual and material economy of mankind. It is a work of scientific accuracy, presented with poetic imagination, and such clarity of style and originality of approach as to win and hold every reader's attention. ' Oxford University Press. 114 Fifth Avenue New York 11, N. Y. * (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) *; 8vo; 230 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Abound Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18200
- Title
- THE SEA AROUND US First State Book Club
- Author
- Carson, Rachel L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press: NY
- Date Published
- 1951
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Abound Book Company
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Overland Park, Kansas
About Abound Book Company
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Later State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from a later run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some part...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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