Toronto: Macmillan. Good in Poor dust jacket. 1960. Reprint. Hardcover. 144 p. 28 cm. Reprint of 1957 edition. Sound binding, which is slightly cocked, in blue, cloth-covered boards with white titles. Corners are lightly bumped and rounded. Faded along top and bottom edge of spine. Library stamp on front free endpaper but only indication of such. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has has a large piece missing on the rear panel and the front flap is detached. Chips, creases and tears to the edges. Rear panel is lightly soiled. Price clipped and price code written on front flap. Number 14 of the Great Stories of Canada historical series for children. Great Stories of Canada 14 .

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Bookseller: Homeward Bound Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4586
Title: The Salt-Water Men
Author: Schull, Joseph
Illustrator: Ed McNally
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good in Poor dust jacket
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Macmillan
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 1960
Bookseller catalogs: Children's - Series;

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Homeward Bound Books is an online bookshop operated from our home in the Municipality of Port Hope, Ontario. We specialize in children's and illustrated books – collectible and reading copies; and local histories, particularly for Ontario. We also stock a selection of collectable mystery fiction, ephemera, and any other titles we find interesting or unusual. We have thousands of books yet to be catalogued. So, please contact us to be added to our client list, and we will let you know when we have books of interest to you. It is our pleasure to send books homeward bound -- from our shelves to yours.

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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...
Poor: A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
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....
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...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.