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THE FIRESHIP
by Parkinson, C. Northcote
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good in Mylar Cover
- ISBN 10
- 0395204283
- ISBN 13
- 9780395204283
- Seller
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COSTA MESA, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co,, 1975. Moderate shelf wear to top and bottom edges and corners. Small amount of possible water s potting to top & bottom of cloth cover. Dj has minor rubbing to edges corners with slight sun fading to spine and a 1/4 inch closed tear to top rear. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown and n ame embossed on title page. In a Brodart mylar protective cover. The second Delancey novel. . First American Edition, 1st Print.. A Hardbound Book. Very Good/Very Good in Mylar Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Trade Book Not Price Clipped.
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- Bookseller
- HERB RIESSEN-RARE BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3419
- Title
- THE FIRESHIP
- Author
- Parkinson, C. Northcote
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good in Mylar Cover
- Edition
- First American Edition, 1st Print.
- ISBN 10
- 0395204283
- ISBN 13
- 9780395204283
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co,
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- NAUTICAL 0-395-20428-3
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- Bookplate
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Rubbing
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- Price Clipped
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- Shelf Wear
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- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
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