THE OPIUM CLIPPERS
by Lubbock, Basil, 1876-1944
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Glascow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 1st edition; Fair+; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, blue with white print, call number label taped at bottom; Boards in blue cloth with white print, wear to spine caps, edges, and corners, light shelfwear; Text block has library bookplate on front pastedown, library pinhole stamp on title page, penciled library markings on copyright page, library pocket and label on rear endpapers, cracked front hinge, shaken binding, clean text; xiv, 392 pages, frontispiece (port.), illustrated (b&w plates, some folded).
NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #5. 1362352. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Seller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1362352
- Title
- THE OPIUM CLIPPERS
- Author
- Lubbock, Basil, 1876-1944
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Brown, Son & Ferguson
- Place of Publication
- Glascow
- Date Published
- 1933
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- 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"...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.