North Star
by Innes, Hammond
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely gently rubbed corners, light soiling to boards, faint spotting to fore-
- ISBN 10
- 0394495780
- ISBN 13
- 9780394495781
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1975. First American edition. Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely gently rubbed corners, light soiling to boards, faint spotting to fore-edge, bright pages in tight binding, very mild rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, very gentle rubbing to DJ corners, very gentle rubbing to top-rear DJ edge, else Very Good(+) in Very Good(+) DJ.. Octavo in blue DJ, deckled edges, 334 pages, color map on lining papers ; 22 cm. Salvage -- Fiction. || Michael Randall attempts to salvage a widow's wrecked trawler in time for an oil boom. || DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91019
- Title
- North Star
- Author
- Innes, Hammond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely gently rubbed corners, light soiling to boards, faint spotting to fore-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394495780
- ISBN 13
- 9780394495781
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Bookseller catalogs
- Novels;
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
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Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.