Dark Islands
by VANDERCOOK, John W
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22.5cm); black cloth, blocked and titled in teal and gilt on spine and front cover; color pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; [viii],367,[1]pp, with frontispiece map and 16 plates of illustrations. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped (priced $3.50), with modest wear to extremities, hint of sunning to spine, and a few tiny nicks and tears. An account of the author's travels to Fiji, New Guinea, ,and the Solomon Islands.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60464
- Title
- Dark Islands
- Author
- VANDERCOOK, John W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.