SHIPS AND HOW THEY SAILED THE SEVEN SEAS 5000 B. C. - A.D. 1935
by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 x 9 in. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. B&W illus. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners bumped, mild edge wear, covers clean, spine sunned. Binding tight and text clean with gift message on ffep. Nautical. Stax.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11486
- Title
- SHIPS AND HOW THEY SAILED THE SEVEN SEAS 5000 B. C. - A.D. 1935
- Author
- Hendrik Willem Van Loon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- NY: Simon and Schuster
- Date Published
- 1935
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.