We Chose the Islands: A Six-Year Adventure in the Gilberts
by GRIMBLE, ARTHUR
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
William Morrow & Co 1952. First US edition, octavo, dark red buckram boards with green lettering to spine and green palm tree& hut motif to spine & front board, illus eps, viii +340pp, VG= (some tanning to page edges) in d/,w, VG (slight creasing to edges & spine extrems with professional tape reinforcement, light rubbing, light tanning)
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 215230
- Title
- We Chose the Islands: A Six-Year Adventure in the Gilberts
- Author
- GRIMBLE, ARTHUR
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co 1952
- Keywords
- Arthur Grimble autobiography Gilbert Ellice Islands
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- 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...
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...