A Tarpaulin Muster
by Masefield, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Grant Richards Ltd, London, 1915. Reprint. Hardcover (Illustrated Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Note. Grey coloured cloth covered illustrated boards, illustration based on a design by Mr Symington, with black coloured embossed titles to the front panel and backstrip. 24 short stories based around the sea, ships and seamen. 1st published in April 1907. Softening and rubbing of the backstrip edges with a little rubbing of the top corners and lower edges. Tanning of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. Offset tanning to the pages. Sunning to the backstrip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [12], 13 - 224 pages,. Deckled Lower Edge (rough cut). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Ships & the Sea; Short Stories; Inventory No: 0127991. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0127991
- Title
- A Tarpaulin Muster
- Author
- Masefield, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Illustrated Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grant Richards Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1915
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Short stories, seamen, the sea, ships Ships & the Sea; Short Stories; Unbranded Masefield, John A Tarpaulin Muster
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...