The Log of the Pelican
by Cowan, Gibson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/very good +
- Seller
-
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Cresset Press, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 8vo. 236 pp. Bound in full red cloth, title in gilt on spine, in illustrated dust jacket. Black and white maps on endpapers and four maps following text. Very Good+ top edge has light foxing, pages are age-toned but clean, hinges are sound, binding has minor rubbing to corners and darkening to gilt on spine, in Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket is age-darkened with light rubbing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Garnet Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003090
- Title
- The Log of the Pelican
- Author
- Cowan, Gibson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Cresset Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Biography and Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Garnet Books
30 day return guarantee. Full refund for up to 30 days after delivery, If an item arrives misdescribed or damaged, shipping costs will also be refunded.
About the Seller
Garnet Books
Biblio member since 2008
Newark, New Jersey
About Garnet Books
Selling used books online since 2007.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...