The Hunting of the Silver Fleece: Epic of the Fur Seal
by Martin, Fredericka
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket; Pages toned, bookplate on front pastedown, jacket toned and worn, edges foxed.
- Seller
-
Selkirk, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Greenberg. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Pages toned, bookplate on front pastedown, . jacket toned and worn, edges foxed.. 1946. Hardcover. xxiii, 328pp. Gray boards. Black and white photos. History of the fur seal trade and overview of seal behavior and biology. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54831
- Title
- The Hunting of the Silver Fleece: Epic of the Fur Seal
- Author
- Martin, Fredericka
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Pages toned, bookplate on front pastedown, jacket toned and worn, edges foxed.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Greenberg
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1946
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SEALS, Fur Seals, Seal Hunting, Marine Mammals
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...