The Set of the Sails The Story of a Cape Horn Seaman
by Alan Villiers
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good in Fair dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0856171352
- ISBN 13
- 9780856171352
- Seller
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Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
White Lion Publishers. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1974. White Lion Edition. Hardcover. 0856171352 . Tanning to text block edge, with bleeding on to leaf edges, musty aroma upon flicking through leaves, dw fair to good having spine has faded from green to sky blue, wear to spine ends, with fraying to head, small chip to top outer corners, rub to some edges, and surface scuffing to parts of dw. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 247 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lion Books PBFA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84779
- Title
- The Set of the Sails The Story of a Cape Horn Seaman
- Author
- Alan Villiers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- White Lion Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0856171352
- ISBN 13
- 9780856171352
- Publisher
- White Lion Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- 0856171352
Terms of Sale
Lion Books PBFA
Full refund if found to be not as described. For all other reasons e.g. damage, change of mind then book value only. Please contact within 14 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Lion Books PBFA
Biblio member since 2005
Kidderminster, Worcestershire
About Lion Books PBFA
We are general secondhand booksellers, est 1987, with a medium size stock and we specialise in sporting books. Particularly Football (soccer), Fishing and Motorsport.
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- Leaves
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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....
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...