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The Sea Around Us
by Carson, Rachel
- Used
- first
- Condition
- very good: bumped corners and spine, some toning and age spotting on end papers, binding tight, text unmarked/good: faded, chipping along edges, missing very top of spine, not price clipped ($3.50)
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, 1951. hardcover. very good: bumped corners and spine, some toning and age spotting on end papers, binding tight, text unmarked/good: faded, chipping along edges, missing very top of spine, not price clipped ($3.50). Katherine L. Howe. first edition later state ("By H. Wolff, New York" on copyright page). Rachel Carson's second book, which won the National Book Award in 1952 and established her as an important environmental writer. #00035.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 79
- Title
- The Sea Around Us
- Author
- Carson, Rachel
- Illustrator
- Katherine L. Howe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good: bumped corners and spine, some toning and age spotting on end papers, binding tight, text unmarked
- Jacket Condition
- good: faded, chipping along edges, missing very top of spine, not price clipped ($3.50)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- oceanography, environment, science
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
Biblio member since 2023
Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
small online used bookstore based in Chattanooga, TN. Little bit of everything, but lots of modern first editions.
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- Price Clipped
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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....
- Later State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from a later run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some part...
- First Edition
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