THE NANTUCKET SCRAP BASKET. Being A Collection of Characteristic Stories and Sayings of the People of the Town and Islands of Nantucket, Massachusetts
by Macy, William F. and Hussey, Roland B
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Nantucket:The Inquirer and Mirror Press, 1916. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Nantucket:The Inquirer and Mirror Press. 1916. 1st edition. xii+183pp. Illustrated with photographs. Hardcover. Blue boards lightly soiled and shelfworn, with wear along edges and spine ends. White print on spine strip is dulled but bright on front cover. Internally, end-pages are age-toned with a previous owners name and date inked to verso of frontispiece, otherwise clean. The binding is tight with hinges intact. A very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26876
- Title
- THE NANTUCKET SCRAP BASKET. Being A Collection of Characteristic Stories and Sayings of the People of the Town and Islands of Nantucket, Massachusetts
- Author
- Macy, William F. and Hussey, Roland B
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Nantucket:The Inquirer and Mirror Press
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- CAPE COD; NANTUCKET;
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About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts
About Parnassus Book Service
Ben Muse began selling books from the former Knowles General Store in 1959. Now in our third generation, we are a famiy-run, general book store selling new and old (often rare) books as well as issuing specialty catalogs on a variety of subjects: Americana, Latin America, Maritime, Art, the Orient and a variety of other subjects. If you can't find what you are looking for here on the web, please contact us directly at our Yarmouthport shop -- or better yet stop by to browse and talk. We look forward to seeing you.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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 Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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