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RESTLESS ARE THE SAILS
by Eaton, Evelyn
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/near Very Good
- Seller
-
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1941. First Edition. hardcover. Very good/near Very Good. Octavo, blue cloth covers stamped in gilt. Maps on endpapers. 348 pages. Former owner name stamp on front paste-down endpaper (hidden under dj flap). Dust jacket has some chipping at edges, near Very Good. Historical fiction set during the siege of Louisbourg, Acadia, 1745. 040414C
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000015943
- Title
- RESTLESS ARE THE SAILS
- Author
- Eaton, Evelyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Alkahest Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Alkahest Books
Biblio member since 2012
Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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