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WHALE SHIPS AND WHALING
by George Francis Dow, intro by Frank Wood
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Salem, MA: Marine Research Society, 1925. limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8 x 11 in. xii, 447 pp. Limited large paper edition of 97 - this is $41. Cloth spine with marbled paper boards, gilt upper text edge. 207 plates. Condition is VERY GOOD ; spine moderately sunned, a little wear to spine head. Covers very clean, wear to corners. Binding tight. PO's names at tops of both front endpapers, another on blank after half title pg. That and the next blank both have a small ink spot. Loose tissue guard for frontis present. Text and plates very clean with no markings. Endpapers with prints of whaler log books are very clean. Naut. RGR.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53368
- Title
- WHALE SHIPS AND WHALING
- Author
- George Francis Dow, intro by Frank Wood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- limited edition
- Publisher
- Marine Research Society
- Place of Publication
- Salem, MA
- Date Published
- 1925
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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