Blue Angels and Whales: A Record of Personal Experiences Below and Above Water
by Gibbings, Robert
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1946. Stated First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4. Author. A literary journey among the aquatic life of tropical waters with the artist who gave us ' Lovely is the Lee '. 151 pp. plus: Postscript, Bibliography. Cloth covered boards have gilt text on spine only, publisher's colophon blindstamped bottom corner of front panel. Book is tight and square, l ight soiling, water stain around base of spine, spine ends are rubbed with bit of scuffing at tail. Unclipped ($3.00) DJ has sunned (Tahiti ??) spine, edge wear with some chipping along bottom edge, top edge wear. Bookseller's Inventory # 143865.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003865
- Title
- Blue Angels and Whales: A Record of Personal Experiences Below and Above Water
- Author
- Gibbings, Robert
- Illustrator
- Author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8 3/4" X 5 3/4
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- Chipping
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Cloth
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- 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...
- 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...
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