THE HISTORY OF NANTUCKET. BEING A COMPENDIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE ISLAND BY THE ENGLISH TOGETHER WITH THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE WHALE FISHERY; AND OTHER HISTORICAL FACTS RELATIVE TO SAID ISLAND AND ITS INHABITANTS. In Two Parts.
by Macy, Obed
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No jacket
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Mansfield:Macy and Pratt, 1880. 2nd Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. With a Concise Statement of Prominent Events From 1835-1880 by William C. Macy. Mansfield:Macy and Pratt. 1880. 2nd edition. 213pp. Illustrated with map as frontispiece and whale print. Hardcover. Green boards soiled and shelfworn along edges and spine ends worn with some chipping. Edge points bumped and worn to boards. Internally, end pages age toned but free of previous owners marks or signatures. Pages throughout are clean but darkened with age. The binding is tight and hinges intact. Overall, a very good solid copy.
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- Parnassus Book Service
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- 24903
- Title
- THE HISTORY OF NANTUCKET. BEING A COMPENDIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE ISLAND BY THE ENGLISH TOGETHER WITH THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE WHALE FISHERY; AND OTHER HISTORICAL FACTS RELATIVE TO SAID ISLAND AND ITS INHABITANTS. In Two Parts.
- Author
- Macy, Obed
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Mansfield:Macy and Pratt
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- CAPE COD; NANTUCKET; OBED MACY; WHALING;
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Parnassus Book Service
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About Parnassus Book Service
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- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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