Captain Jan; a Story of Tugboats
by Jan De Hartog. English Ed. Abridged and Edited by Carlos Peacock
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Cleaver-Hume Press Ltd, 1952 Dusjacket priceclipped.Some wear to jacket,(see image), few nicks, small tears. Spine cloth lightly faded.Tiny neat present inscription on front pastedown, dated 1952. Offset tanning line from jacket flaps on endpapers.Dark blue top edges.Title on title page in blue text. 315pp. Tight, bright, clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Second Impression November 1952.. Blue Cloth, gilt Titles. Very Good/Good. Hard Cover.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Matilda Mary's Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006812
- Title
- Captain Jan; a Story of Tugboats
- Author
- Jan De Hartog. English Ed. Abridged and Edited by Carlos Peacock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Second Impression November 1952.
- Publisher
- Cleaver-Hume Press Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- TUGBOATS NAUTICAL SEA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Nautical/Aviation/Transport/Canals; The Sea;
Terms of Sale
Matilda Mary's Books
30 day return guarantee: full refund including shipping costs,for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged, upon receipt of book returned to seller in original wrapping, in condition in which it was sent.
�
About the Seller
Matilda Mary's Books
Biblio member since 2008
Portishead , Somerset
About Matilda Mary's Books
I have a mixed stock of many subjects - a lifetime collection of my own books-for example:food,cookery,children's books,local history,West Country interest-I think the word is "eclectic"-a little bit of everything! See my list of catalogues. Many books in my stock are now out of print. I am always happy to send a scan of book, or discuss with you any book, which might be of interest to you. Just email me at pmmorris@btinternet.com.As UK is no longer in the EU, if ordering from UK to a European country, you may be asked to pay Import Duty to your Customs Authority upon receipt of your book.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
This Book’s Categories
Collecting the Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and ’70s was an explosive time in American history, and it inspired explosive literature. From Malcolm X to Martin Luther King, Jr., browse some of the most collectible books from and about that era.
Handling and Storing Books
Take care of your old books — vintage, antiquarian, and fine — with these tips from a professional bookseller
