A Cadet of the Mercantile Marine
by Percy F. Westerman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Blackie & Son Limited, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. No edition remarks. 256 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Clean pages with mild tanning and notable foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Detached but present frontispiece. Notable dust staining to upper text block edge. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Notable foxing to surfaces. Mild tanning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1702899026ADA
- Title
- A Cadet of the Mercantile Marine
- Author
- Percy F. Westerman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son Limited
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.