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The Cruel Sea
by Monsarrat, Nicholas
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Bridgewater , Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
"The Cruel Sea" by Nicholas Monsarrat. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Originally published in 1951. pp. 510. Hardcover, green cloth with blindstamped decoration on front cover and gilt decoration & title on spine, fore edge rough cut (corners square, spine faded some, top of spine bumped, top edge foxed & bottom edge marked some, interior is clean & unmarked, publisher's deboss on back cover). dj. (worn at top of spine & tiny tear, darkened at spine and along edges of flaps, also darkened on inside of dustjacket esp. spine, small mark/stain on front cover).
Very Good condition.
Size: 8 5/8" x 6" (22cm x 15cm).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bazaar of Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A381
- Title
- The Cruel Sea
- Author
- Monsarrat, Nicholas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, green cloth with blindstamped decoration on front cover and gilt decoration & title on spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 510
- Weight
- 1.65 lbs
- Keywords
- WWII, North Atlantic, ships, convoys
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; World War II;
Terms of Sale
Bazaar of Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives damaged or inaccurately described.
About the Seller
Bazaar of Books
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Bridgewater , Nova Scotia
About Bazaar of Books
General used books, all subjects. Some limited and rare editions. Books of Canadiana and about Nova Scotia.
Glossary
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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....
- Deboss
- An imprinted decoration or mark on the outside cover of a book. Publishers will press a design or mark into a book's cover for...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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