The Crusade of the Excelsior
by Harte, Bret
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Columbus, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Good+. 1887. Hardcover. 250 pages, plus 12 pages of ads. 7 1/4" x 5", brown cloth covers with black printing to the front cover and gilt printing to the spine. The covers are slightly scuffed and soiled with rubbed spine ends and cover corners. Previous owner signed the front endpage, the hinges are starting. The contents show some light tonign to the edge- otherwise bright and nice. A Good+ copy. .
Synopsis
It was the 4th of August, 1854, off Cape Corrientes. Morning was breaking over a heavy sea, and the closely-reefed topsails of a barque that ran before it bearing down upon the faint outline of the Mexican coast. Already the white peak of Colima showed, ghost- like, in the east; already the long sweep of the Pacific was gathering strength and volume as it swept uninterruptedly into the opening Gulf of California.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hoffman Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65039
- Title
- The Crusade of the Excelsior
- Author
- Harte, Bret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1887
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Glossary
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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"...
- 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...
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.