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An American Crusoe: A Record Of Remarkable Adventures On A Desert Island With Only A Jackknife
by Verrill, A. Hyatt
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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North Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd Mead and Company.1914. First edition in Light green pictorial cloth [other color cloths have also been reported], 251 pages, illustrated. Novel about a castaway stranded on a desert island in the West Indies. ["In order to procure material which would furnish an accurate account of what a castaway might accomplish in such a spot, the author actually attempted and performed every feat related in the story and underwent all the experience in person, save suffering, and treasure-finding"]. A uncommon book in first edition.
Good only copy with the spine slightly cocked with wear and light bumping to the ends, light damp staining to portions of the spine, fore-edge corners very lightly bumped with wear to the tips, a few brief markings to the front free end paper, very scattered upper corner creasing, light upper margin spot staining to a few pages; but the text and illustrations are themselves clean and the hinges are not cracked See Photos
LR 1/4E
Good only copy with the spine slightly cocked with wear and light bumping to the ends, light damp staining to portions of the spine, fore-edge corners very lightly bumped with wear to the tips, a few brief markings to the front free end paper, very scattered upper corner creasing, light upper margin spot staining to a few pages; but the text and illustrations are themselves clean and the hinges are not cracked See Photos
LR 1/4E
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Details
- Bookseller
- biblioboy
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 864045
- Title
- An American Crusoe: A Record Of Remarkable Adventures On A Desert Island With Only A Jackknife
- Author
- Verrill, A. Hyatt
- Illustrator
- illustrated by Martin Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1914
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ADVENTURE, FICTION, CASTAWAY, SHIPWRECK, DESERT, ISLANDS, BRITISH, WEST, INDIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Fantasy / Adventure;
Terms of Sale
biblioboy
Scans of any item on request.
Returns within14 days of receipt of the book for any reason. We do not refund postage, unless other arrangements have already been made. USA insurance is $1.75 for books with a value up to $50.00.
About the Seller
biblioboy
Biblio member since 2003
North Providence, Rhode Island
About biblioboy
We are biblioboybiblioboy dealers in Books, Stamps, Ephemera, Victorian Trade cards, Magazines, Postcards, Sheet Music, Engravings, and much more. I started out as a book collector and soon progressed to owning a book store with over 80,000 books and more than 10,000 pieces of ephemera, postcards, and other items. I exhibited my stock for years at book and paper shows around the eastern United States. As the book and paper business has changed over the years, I have changed the way I do business to evolve with the times. I now offer my items for sale on the web only, through my various listing services and web sites. Being a a collector, as well as a dealer, I understand the importance of condition, as well as rarity of an item, and the desire to own scarce and one of a kind items.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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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