ARCTIC FRONTIERS: UNITED STATES EXPLORATIONS IN THE FAR NORTH
by John Edwards Caswell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Pomona, New York, United States
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About This Item
Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. 1956. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good in a Fair dust jacket. Marker mark on front pastedown. Front hinge starting. Open tears held with tape on panel corners, spine crown and heel, top front and rear panels, and front panel side edge. Closed tearing held with tape throughout rear panel side edge. Foxing on panels, spine, and text block edges. Shelfwear on spine and panel side edges. .
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- Bookseller
- Rare Book Cellar (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 311153
- Title
- ARCTIC FRONTIERS: UNITED STATES EXPLORATIONS IN THE FAR NORTH
- Author
- John Edwards Caswell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Oklahoma
- Date Published
- 1956
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- 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....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Closed Tearing
- Closed tear indicates a torn page in which no material has been lost. A closed tear can be pressed back into place or sometimes...
- 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....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.