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True Blue: a British Seaman of the Old School
by Kingston, W.H.G. [William Henry Gile]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Binghamton, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Griffith Farran Browne & Co, no date. reprint? . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 13185 CF shelf. Thick volume. Bright gold-stamped navy cloth, some edgewear, esp. at spine ends & corners. 1910 bookplate of the Grammar School Prized from Ealing Grammar School, London, verso front cover. Tender front hinge. Gilt top edge. Clean text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gil's Book Loft
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 070880
- Title
- True Blue: a British Seaman of the Old School
- Author
- Kingston, W.H.G. [William Henry Gile]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- reprint?
- Publisher
- Griffith Farran Browne & Co, no date
- Place of Publication
- London
- Pages
- 436
- Keywords
- children's books
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gil's Book Loft
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Binghamton, New York
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- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
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- Bookplate
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- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
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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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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