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Gabrielle (Danish edition of Lusty Wind for Carolina)
by Fletcher, Inglis
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- GOOD
- Seller
-
Bethel, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Kjobenhavn, Denmark: Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Buscjk, 1946. Hardcover. GOOD. Tight, light age tanning of pages, faintest age soil to exterior, square. Elegant binding, half leather with red corners and a spine with raised bands and tooled gilt lettering and trim, with marbled paper front and back, has suffered rubbing to edges. The glue has dried so that the book falls open to the last quire but the stitching is solid. Text in DANISH. "Det vidtløftige, elizabethanske Hus laa i den blinde Ende af Meg's Lane iden gamle Bristol By, kun nogle faa Gader fra Havnen og med Udsigt til de hoje Master paa Skibene, der laa for Ankr ved Kingroad..." "The fledgling settlement at the mouth of the Cape Fear is menaced by pirates in this novel set in the early 1700s. Blackbeard, working out of his base on Ocracoke Island, hinders the overseas trade that Huguenot refugee Robert Fontaine hopes will bring prosperity to Carolina coast..." 614 pages. 6x8.25x2"
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- Bookseller
- Rainy Day Paperback Exchange
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7-7H002
- Title
- Gabrielle (Danish edition of Lusty Wind for Carolina)
- Author
- Fletcher, Inglis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - GOOD
- Publisher
- Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Buscjk
- Place of Publication
- Kjobenhavn, Denmark
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
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