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AN ACCOUNT OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS: With a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery.
by SCORESBY, William:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Trowbridge: Red Wood Press Limited. 1969. Reprint of the 1820 Archibald Constable edition. Reprint of the 1820 Archibald Constable edition. Two volume edition. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, with dustwrapper. A very good set, the bindings square and firm, rubbing and bumping to the spine ends, some mottling to the cloth boards. Contents clean and bright throughout, mottling to the top edge of the text block on both volumes. Complete with near fine dustwrappers, toned to the spines and around the panel edges. "A classic of whaling history and adventure and also a pioneering scientific study of polar regions" - from the publishers blurb. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23644
- Title
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS: With a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery.
- Author
- SCORESBY, William:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint of the 1820 Archibald Constable edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Trowbridge: Red Wood Press Limited. 1969
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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York, North Yorkshire
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- 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....
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Blurb
- The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
- 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.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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