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The Lure Of Long Beach ("Sea Crest" Edition in original dust jacket)
by Charles Edgar Nash
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/good
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Long Beach, NJ: Long Beach Board of Trade, 1947. Second edition. Hardcover. Fine/good. Second printing, the "Sea Chest Edition". Hardcover in navy blue cloth. Illustrated endpapers. 170 pp. Illustrated with photos and reproductions. A tight, fine example, in the scarce original dust jacket for this edition with design of flying sea gulls and lettering in gilt; the price clipped jacket has rubbing about the folds and an unfortunate triangular chip top outer corner of the front panel.)The history and charm of the Jersey shore's "LBI"--Long Beach Island from baregat to Surf City to Ship Bottom to Beach Haven. Three-quarters of a century after its first appearance, still one of the most popular and sought after local histories of New Jersey shore regions.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E27545x
- Title
- The Lure Of Long Beach ("Sea Crest" Edition in original dust jacket)
- Author
- Charles Edgar Nash
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- Long Beach Board of Trade
- Place of Publication
- Long Beach, NJ
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- long beach, jersey shore, new jersey, garden state,
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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