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THE SEA AROUND US
by CARSON, Rachel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine in a close to Fine slipcase without the printed label on the backstrip
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1980. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine slipcase without the printed label on the backstrip. Alfred Eisenstaedt. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 9-3/8") bound in full blue buckram with an overall design stamped in blind and the spine titling in gold; 284 pages. Introduction by Maitland Edey. Copy #877 of 2000 numbered copies illustrated with 3 two-page color photograph spreads, including the endpapers, and a beautiful frontispiece portrait of Carson in her natural habitat by Alfred Eisenstaedt. SIGNED by the photographer on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018615
- Title
- THE SEA AROUND US
- Author
- CARSON, Rachel
- Illustrator
- Alfred Eisenstaedt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in a close to Fine slipcase without the printed label on the backstrip
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Signed, Photography, Environmental LIterature, Natural History, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Limited Editions Club, Modern Firsts, Fine Press, Modern First Editions
- Bookseller catalogs
- Environmental LIterature;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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