The Crusade of the "Excelsior": A Novel
by Harte, Bret
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Andover, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: F. V. White & Co., 1888. BAL 7343. Second London Edition. No copyright date, but the Preface is dated January, 1888. Considerable wear to the extremities. The cloth is torn along the rear joint. The spine is slanted. The front hinge is partially cracked. The binding is otherwise sound.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket.
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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- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014467
- Title
- The Crusade of the "Excelsior": A Novel
- Author
- Harte, Bret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- F. V. White & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1888
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- BAL
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....