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The Wrecker
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis; OSBOURNE, Lloyd
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1911. Hardcover. A 1911 reprint edition of this adventure novel, co-written by Stevenson and his stepson, Lloyd Osbourne, set in the South Pacific. Includes tissue-protected illustration and seven additional black & white illustrations by an unattributed artist. --- In green cloth-covered boards with publisher's device to cover & titling on spine; both stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Lacks a dust jacket. --- With whitish splotch to front cover, dulling to edge gilding, foxing to a few leaves and light chafing & bumps to cover edges; otherwise an unmarked, clean, firm copy.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; vii, 553 pages .
Synopsis
A man tells his drinking partners about his exciting past.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80719
- Title
- The Wrecker
- Author
- STEVENSON, Robert Louis; OSBOURNE, Lloyd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...