The Big Nail; the Story of the Cook-Peary Feud
by Wright, Theon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
New York: John Day Company [1970]. (Hardcover) 368pp. Very good in good to very good dust jacket. Gilt decorated cover, photographs, maps, appendix, notes, index. Minor edgewear and chipping to dust jacket, light dampstain to bottom 2" of dustjacket spine. Book about Frederick A. Cook & Robert E. Peary. Locale: North Pole. (Travel, Exploration).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 107398
- Title
- The Big Nail; the Story of the Cook-Peary Feud
- Author
- Wright, Theon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Day Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- Travel, Exploration
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Adventure;
Terms of Sale
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2003
Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...