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Here On The Island: Being an Account of a Way of Life Several Miles Off the Coast of Maine
by Pratt, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0060134097
- ISBN 13
- 9780060134099
- Seller
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Jupiter , Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. George Sharp. 8vo (25 x 19 cm). 170 [pictures] pp. Blue cloth covers with silver gilt titles to spine. Wear to edges, water spots to upper. Text block tight and unmarked. Price clipped DJ.
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- Bookseller
- Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4244
- Title
- Here On The Island: Being an Account of a Way of Life Several Miles Off the Coast of Maine
- Author
- Pratt, Charles
- Illustrator
- George Sharp
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060134097
- ISBN 13
- 9780060134099
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1974
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Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
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About Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
Liberty Book Store, ABAA, FABA, IOBA, with offices in Jupiter Florida, is an online (and by appointment) antiquarian bookstore that BUYS and SELLS RARE and INTERESTING BOOKS. Our primary interests are the American Antebellum period, Association Copies, Automotive, Books With A Story, Floridiana, Maritime History, RR Donnelley bindings, and books of exceptional beauty or scarcity.
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Price Clipped
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