Deck and Port
by Walter Colton
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Cincinnati, Ohio: A. S. Barnes, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1850, First Edition, Deck and Port or Incidents of a Cruise in the United States Frigate Congress to California with skethches of Rio Janeiro, Valpaiso, Honolulu and San Francisco, by Rev. Walter Colton, U.S. N and author of Ship and Shore. 408 pafges, frontispipece of Stockton with tissue guard and map present, 4 of 5 tinted lithographs present, missing Honolulu, all black and white illustrations present, previous owner name and date on free page, light foxing, list of Barnes books on front pastedown and first free page, period black blind stamped boards, gilt illustration of ship on front board very clear as well as titles on spine, head and heel of spine show some fraying as well as all 4 corners and some edge wear, binding sound and tight hinges. A very preentable copy. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000296
- Title
- Deck and Port
- Author
- Walter Colton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. S. Barnes
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Date Published
- 1850
- Keywords
- Californai History, Voyages,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- 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...