A Tenderfoot With Peary -- 1911 FIRST EDITION
by Borup, George
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1911. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. March 1911 FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Original blue cloth, brown and white illustration front cover, gilt and black lettering front cover & spine. Bright, clean covers, old owner name and date penned to top of blank FFEP otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, minor rubbing tips of cover corners (= some loss of color), solid binding, no foxing. The book measures 209mm tall x 135mm, 317pp, 42 b/w photos, folding map. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003116
- Title
- A Tenderfoot With Peary -- 1911 FIRST EDITION
- Author
- Borup, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- polar, north pole, arctic, greenland, eskimos
- Bookseller catalogs
- Polar;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...