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Prentice Mulford's Story: Life by Land and Sea (The White Cross Library)
by Mulford, Prentice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: F. J. Needham. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth gilt, cross emblem to front. Cloth sunned/soiled, corners bumped, spine ends frayed. Slight cant. May be missing ffep, half title page or frontis. Ffep/title page creased. Hinges slightly loose. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 299 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37776
- Title
- Prentice Mulford's Story: Life by Land and Sea (The White Cross Library)
- Author
- Mulford, Prentice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- F. J. Needham
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1889
Terms of Sale
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- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
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- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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