The Adventures of Captain Horn
by Stockton, Frank R
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dj
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Scribners, NY, 1908., 1908. Hardcover. Good/No Dj. Octavo, hardcover, in green cloth with gilt design and lettering. Front hinge cracked else VG. Illustrated sea novel. 456 deckled pp. Minor foxing on endpapers. Beginning in 1884 the Casper left San Francisco for Valparaiso and was shattered in a tornado off the coast of Peru captained by Horn when he was 35. Thus begins the adventures.
Synopsis
Early in the spring of the year 1884 the three-masted schooner Castor, from San Francisco to Valparaiso, was struck by a tornado off the coast of Peru. The storm, which rose with frightful suddenness, was of short duration, but it left the Castor a helpless wreck. Her masts had snapped off and gone overboard, her rudder-post had been shattered by falling wreckage, and she was rolling in the trough of the sea, with her floating masts and spars thumping and bumping her sides.
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Details
- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9340
- Title
- The Adventures of Captain Horn
- Author
- Stockton, Frank R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dj
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Scribners, NY, 1908.
- Date Published
- 1908
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...