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Admiral of the Ocean Sea: a Life of Christopher Co
by Morison, Samuel Eliot
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Little, Brown and Company, 1942-02-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. Shelf wear to binding with bumps, scuffs & sunned spine. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Pages toning with age. Several folding maps tipped in. Pencil notations on rear endpaper, otherwise Text and images unmarked. Previous dealers vintage label on rear pastedown. Dj quite shelf worn with chipping, scuffs, creases, light soiling/stains, toning, abrasions & small tears in a mylar cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPmorAOS
- Title
- Admiral of the Ocean Sea: a Life of Christopher Co
- Author
- Morison, Samuel Eliot
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Date Published
- 1942-02-01
- Size
- 9x6x1
- Weight
- 2.38 lbs
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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