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The Wonders of Salvage
by David Masters
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€148.77€133.90
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About This Item
London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1926. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". Not Stated . A bright copy of this scarce work dedicated to marine salvage by David Masters, complete with its vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. Third edition of this work, scarce in all editions. David Master's fascinating account of impressive modern inventions and notable achievements in marine salvage, "describing deep-sea treasure-hunts, submarine rescues, strange diving adventures, and the ingenious salvage operations" of the time (from front wrap.)Complete with its rare, unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with forty-eight photographic plates. Complete with half title, appendix, and two leaves of publisher's catalogue to rear, In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper unclipped and smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly chipped to head of spine, darkened to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Minor spotting to fore edge affecting only occasional leaf, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Plate facing p. 30 loose but present. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 844A20
- Title
- The Wonders of Salvage
- Author
- David Masters
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane the Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 7.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- marine salvage david masters scarce books david masters
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
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