SHIP OF FLAME: A Saga of the South Seas
by Stone, William S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. 166 pp. Original decorative tan paper covered boards w/ gilt title on dark brown cloth spine. Light rubbing to spine ends; corners worn. Small inscription to previous owner on front paste-down. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ a color frontispiece, and b/w text drawings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Nicolas Mordvinoff. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15162
- Title
- SHIP OF FLAME: A Saga of the South Seas
- Author
- Stone, William S
- Illustrator
- Nicolas Mordvinoff
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION GENERAL SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE POLYNESIA OCEANIA POLYNESIANS TAHITI ISLAND MONSTERS LEGENDS FOLKLORE LITERARY WORKS ILLUSTRATED MORDVINOFF NICOLAS
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...