The Sheldon Press, no date. Hardcover. Good+/Fair. Hardcover in dust jacket. Mottled blue cloth boards with title in gold on front board. Boards are unevenly faded. Edge wear. Fore edge soil. Previous owner's bookplate on first paste down. Endpapers show soil and foxing. Half title page, title page noticeably foxed. Occasional foxing to text. Tired illustrated dust jacket chipped throughout. Soil, rubbing, short tears. One inch chip missing from lower rear edge. Looks better when placed in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.

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Bookseller: Koster's Collectible Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: INVENT041277I
Title: THE STORY OF THE LINER
Author: Jackson, G. Gibbard
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+
Jacket Condition: Fair
Publisher: The Sheldon Press
Date Published: no date

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Koster's Collectible Books

Thank You for your order!! All titles subject to prior sale. We ship in boxes, all carefully packed. PAYMENT:Money order, Paypal. NY residents please add 8.625% sales tax. SHIPPING: USPS 4th Class Bookrate, $3.99 1st book, each additional book $1.00. Priority mail $16.00 1st bk, $2 each additional. International shipping is at cost. Call/fax/e-mail to hold. All dust jackets are covered in protective plastic. Orders processed promptly!!Returns are accepted within two weeks of purchase, and must be returned to us at the buyers expense, in the same condition in which it was received, carefully packed.

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Koster's Collectible Books

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About Koster's Collectible Books

Welcome to Koster's Collectible Books. We have been selling quality out of print books since 1990. We invite you to browse our inventory. Although we carry most general categories, our specialties include Military History, Nautical & Naval History, Automobiles, Aviation, Railroads, Oceanliners, Sports & Sporting, the Arts and collectible Childrens books.

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
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...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Fore Edge: The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...