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The Wine-Dark Sea
by Patrick O'Brian
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393035581
- ISBN 13
- 9780393035582
- Seller
-
Bonners Ferry, Idaho, United States
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About This Item
Book is in Very Good condition; slightly cocked, boards lightly bumped at upper corners and very lightly rubbed on bottom edge. No other defects noted, no marks noted to interior, binding strong. Jacket is in Very Good condition, light rubbing, price clipped. Book has tipped-in bookplate on half title page, SIGNED, only, by the author. Book is first American edition, first printing-- full number line. See photos. NOT EX-LIBRARY.
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- Bookseller
- Bonners Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022024D
- Title
- The Wine-Dark Sea
- Author
- Patrick O'Brian
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first american edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393035581
- ISBN 13
- 9780393035582
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 261
- Size
- 6" x 8 1/2"
Terms of Sale
Bonners Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bonners Books
Biblio member since 2010
Bonners Ferry, Idaho
About Bonners Books
A medium-sized bookstore in a small town.
Many years of improbability.
Many years of improbability.
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- Bookplate
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- Number Line
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
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- Price Clipped
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- 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...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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