With Drake on the Spanish Main
by Herbert Strang
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press., 1930 Boards bright, tight and clean, light rubbing to corners and spine ends.Decorative vignette on front board. 1cm repaired tear to cloth at top of spine. Foxed edges all round and lightly on some pages. 6 full page illustrations plus map of Drake's journeys. Presentation plate by London County Council, Acland School,dated "22.v.31" on front pastedown. 367pp.Tight copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". New.. Khaki Decorative Cloth. Good/No Dustjacket. Illus. by Webb. Hard Cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matilda Mary's Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006817
- Title
- With Drake on the Spanish Main
- Author
- Herbert Strang
- Illustrator
- Webb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Edition
- New.
- Publisher
- Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- FICTION HISTORY NAUTICAL SEA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction; The Sea;
Terms of Sale
Matilda Mary's Books
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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.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- New
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- 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...
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