Of Whales and Women: One Man's View of Nantucket History
by Gilbreth, Frank B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Diego, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Black cloth over green boards, white embossed boat design and white lettering on spine. V. Good to Good hardback condition. Minor to no bumps or edging. But some staining at top of pages visible when book closed.
Tight binding, clean, unmarked pages. Seemingly unread. Illustrated wrap around dust jacket showing unclipped price $3.50, bright illustrations. Almost Good, edging, wear, small tears, and faint stains near edges (see photos of this copy).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Redeemed Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2024FG3Fdj
- Title
- Of Whales and Women
- Author
- Gilbreth, Frank B
- Illustrator
- Donald McKay
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1956
- Pages
- 242
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Cheaper by the Dozen, Nantucket, Humor, East Coast, 1950s
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Glossary
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...