Ships of the Past
by DAVIS, Charles G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good+
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
Salem: Marine Research Society, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+. Quarto. One of 97 copies on Bruce Rogers 100% rag paper. Top efge gilt. Extra copy of the frontice laid in. Book is a strong VG+, internally fine (free of foxing), bottom edge of the cloth spine is developing a chip. Vellum tips over patterned boards. A lovely book.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Sky Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4467
- Title
- Ships of the Past
- Author
- DAVIS, Charles G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Marine Research Society
- Place of Publication
- Salem
- Date Published
- 1929
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- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- 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...
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