New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. Black paper covered boards cover spine and is decorated in gilt stamping. Green textured cloth the remaining 3/4 of binding. Tight and square clean copy. Old bookplate on front pastedown. Jacket has small chipping, edgewear and is protected in mylar cover. Price intact. Much praise from prominent authors and explorers on rear panel of jacket. 507 pages.. Early Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/VG-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005657
Title: The Great Age of Discovery
Author: Herrmann, Paul
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: VG-
Edition: Early Printing
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1958
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Bookseller catalogs: Exploration;

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About Timothy Norlen Bookseller

I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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...