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Teen-Age Sea Stories (The Teen-Age Library)
by Thomas, David (Ed); Cirlin, Edgard (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/VG-
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG-/VG-. Cirlin, Edgard. Collection of 13 stories "planned especially for growing boys & girls.providing stimulating reading about adventure on the high seas written in the modern manner." Some of the stories were orig. published in Boys Life by the Boy Scouts of America. This is the FIRST EDITION in book form from 1948, in 252 pages, with black & white illustrations throughout by Edgard Cerlin. Like others in this Teen-age Library series, this hardcover book has orange cloth-covered boards with brown decoration & lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG- (minus): very clean, binding straight & strong, pages modestly but evenly tanned--heavier tanning to endpapers. Only flaws are rubbing & bumping along bottom edges, shelfwear. The clipped DJ is also VG-: bright & colorful, with light soil & edgewear, most notably a few small chips. Looks nice in new mylar cover! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (PST) ship very same day; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016629
- Title
- Teen-Age Sea Stories (The Teen-Age Library)
- Author
- Thomas, David (Ed); Cirlin, Edgard (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Cirlin, Edgard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- YA YOUNG ADULT TEENAGE ADVENTURE OUTDOORS ACTION THRILLING SHORT STORIES SERIES SEA PIRATES SAILING SHIPS OCEAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- VG-/VG-
- A book in slightly less than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly less than Very Good Condition. Very Good...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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....
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