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The Romance of Boston Bay
by Edward Rowe Snow
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Foster, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
The Yankee Publishing Company, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author. The Yankee Publishing Company; Boston, 1944. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed by author directly on title page. A Very Good, blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine, binding sturdy and intact, some handling/scuffing to boards, sunning along board and spine edges, age toned pages, small moisture stain bottom front joint, some sunning to spine, discoloration to pastedowns and endpapers, small rub mark bottom text block corner, few small soiled specks on fore-edge, spine buckram starting to separate from backing material, in a Good to Very Good, some handling/scuff marks and scattered foxing to panels/flaps and verso, bit of edge/corner wear with few small tears along edges, spine fade, small moisture stain to verso bottom spine, Mylar protected, Dust wrapper. A nice, overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 319pp., indexed, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavendier Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111111113057
- Title
- The Romance of Boston Bay
- Author
- Edward Rowe Snow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Yankee Publishing Company
- Date Published
- 1944
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Lavendier Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Lavendier Books
Biblio member since 2008
Foster, Rhode Island
About Lavendier Books
Selling quailty books for over 20 years.
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- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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
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