The Wrecker
by Stevenson, Robert Louis; Osbourne, Lloyd
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Martinsville, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is faded; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; former owner's name is written in ink on the ffep; overall a nice used copy! Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt illustration on the front board. 553 very clean unmarked and uncreased magical and historical pages of text and 12 wonderful pages of black and white illustrations! "It was about three o'clock of a winter's afternoon in Tai-o-hae, the French capital and port of entry of the Marquesas Islands. The trades blew strong and squally; the surf roared loud on the shingle beach; and the fifty-ton schooner of war, that carries the flag and influence of France about the islands of the cannibal group, rolled at her moorings under Prison Hill........" ------- from the Prologue (In the Marquesas).. Reprint. Red Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by William Hole and W. L. Metcalf . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Synopsis
A man tells his drinking partners about his exciting past.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Conover Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 049491
- Title
- The Wrecker
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis; Osbourne, Lloyd
- Illustrator
- William Hole and W. L. Metcalf
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- FICTION LITERATURE LITERARY WORKS AUTHORS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Conover Books
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About the Seller
Conover Books
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Martinsville, Virginia
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Glossary
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- 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....
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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