The Lure of Gold; Being the Story of the Five Lost Ships of Christopher Columbus
by Goodwin, William B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- GVG
- Seller
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Hampden, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Meador Publishing Company, 1940. First Edition . Hardcover. GVG. 216 pp. including miscellaneous notes and references. Green cloth, title gilt. With 3 maps, one folding; 15 b&w plates; 1 illustration. Spine slant and cupped front board with just a touch of wear at spine edges; still a clean, tight copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lippincott Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4779B
- Title
- The Lure of Gold; Being the Story of the Five Lost Ships of Christopher Columbus
- Author
- Goodwin, William B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - GVG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Meador Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- Treasure Hunting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical; History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lippincott Books
Biblio member since 2009
Hampden, Maine
About Lippincott Books
We invite you to browse through the approximately 1800 books we have listed online on a wide variety of subjects, including strong holdings in Maine history and literature, lumbering, the North Woods of Maine, and Eastern Woodland Indians. We've been in business since 1975, over 25 years with a general antiquarian bookshop in Bangor.We are open by appointment; most of our stock of over 20,000 old and rare books have never been listed online, including a large selection of books on Maine and the Maine Woods. We are regularly adding to our inventory with new acquisitions.
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- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...