Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery; Including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland, Made in the Summer of 1822, in the Ship Baffin of Liverpool.
by SCORESBY, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Armorial bookplate; foxing to the maps and some scattered age-toning to the text and plates; joints cracked with some chipping a
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh:: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co.,, 1823.. First edition.. old half calf over marbled boards.. Armorial bookplate; foxing to the maps and some scattered age-toning to the text and plates; joints cracked with some chipping at the extremities of the spine, which is rubbed. The boards are securely attached by cords.. 8vo,. Two folding maps and six plates (two folding). .
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71979
- Title
- Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery; Including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland, Made in the Summer of 1822, in the Ship Baffin of Liverpool.
- Author
- SCORESBY, William
- Illustrator
- Two folding maps and six plates (two folding).
- Format/Binding
- Old half calf over marbled boards.
- Book Condition
- Used - Armorial bookplate; foxing to the maps and some scattered age-toning to the text and plates; joints cracked with some chipping a
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for Archibald Constable and Co.,
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh:
- Date Published
- 1823.
- Pages
- xliii, 472 pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
Terms of Sale
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
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