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Single-Handed
by Forester, C.S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Son, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Very Good in a Fair jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally toned and soiled, large chips at the top edge. Blue cloth, rubbed at the edges, with dark blue ink on the spine and front board. Bound with some reading wear and a forward lean, blue top stain, toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. Forester's naval adventure of Seaman Brown who finds himself "trapped on a lonely desolate wasteland in the Pacific.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10280
- Title
- Single-Handed
- Author
- Forester, C.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Son
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- English Literature, Modern Literature, 20th Century Litearture, Travel, Adventure, South America, Mine, Soldier of Fortune
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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