Sea Boots
by Du Soe, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Crisp/Very Good -
- Seller
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Carmel Valley, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Gryphon, 1950. Stated First Edition. . Cloth. Fine Crisp/Very Good -. P B Jobson. A fine copy of the book enclosed in a wonderful wrap-around jacket with chipping at the spine ends and edge wear. Featuring a deep sea fishinfg scene. A tale of fishing along the California coast and the hardships of a fishing life and the learning of a young man at sea. The author of the legendary crime novel .The Devil Thumbs A Rides . 12 years later writes a fishing book. Size: Slim Octavo
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Details
- Bookseller
- California Bookseller - J. R. Aboud
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000548
- Title
- Sea Boots
- Author
- Du Soe, Robert
- Illustrator
- P B Jobson
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Crisp
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gryphon
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- CALIFORNIA FISHING
Terms of Sale
California Bookseller - J. R. Aboud
All Books are sold net and are guaranteed as described. All books are returnable within 5 days of receipt for any reason. M/C and VISA is available if desired. Shipping ( Media Mail) is $5.00 for the first book and $2.00 for each book there after. Overseas charges (and insurance if requested) are by cost. 7.25% Calif. tax is required at the time of purchase and a Dealer re-sale number on file is required for a 10% dealer discount. E-mail: CalBookSlr@aol.com. Phone 831 659 1065Address: California Bookseller Sleepy Hollow / Carmel ValleyCA 93924
About the Seller
California Bookseller - J. R. Aboud
Biblio member since 2006
Carmel Valley, California
About California Bookseller - J. R. Aboud
California Bookseller offers select books relating to California Art, History and Literature of the Golden State. Gold Rush books & Pacific Voyages to California are a specialty. California fine Press, select maps & broadsides, lithographs & lettersheets are also available.
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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