The Opium Clippers
by LUBBOCK, BASIL
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Brown, Son & Ferguson 1976 reprint. Quarto navy blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to front & spine, illus., xiv+392, nr. FINE in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, light foxing)
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books (NZ)
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- Title
- The Opium Clippers
- Author
- LUBBOCK, BASIL
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Brown, Son & Ferguson 1976 reprint
- Keywords
- Opium Clippers sailing sail maritime history south china seas sea clipper archipelago malay east eastern southeast Asia
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.