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Tom Swift And His Great Searchlight, Or On The Border For Uncle Sam
by Appleton, Victor
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Cadillac, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1912. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Illustrated. Light Edgewear With A Couple Small Tears In Spine Edges. Light Rubbing. Lightly Bumped Corners. Light Soiling. Book Cocked. Inside Hinge Is Heavily Cracked. Penciled Gift Inscription On Front Endpage. Tweed-Like Covers. Good Reading Copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Book Nook
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035078
- Title
- Tom Swift And His Great Searchlight, Or On The Border For Uncle Sam
- Author
- Appleton, Victor
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Book Nook
Forms of payment accepted: checks, money orders & Paypal- credit cards accepted only if ordering through Biblio. PAYPAL CUSTOMERS- Prompt payment upon ordering is appreciated. Our paypal account is: cadillacbooknook@gmail.com Shipping: $4.95 for the first book, $1.00 each additional book (unless otherwise specified)inside USA. Outside USA, please contact us. Returns policy: 7 days to e-mail request to return.
About the Seller
Book Nook
Biblio member since 2006
Cadillac, Michigan
About Book Nook
The Book Nook is a complete bookstore with over 8000 sq. ft. showroom floor offering new, used and rare books from a stock of more than 70,000 volumes. Ken and Cheryl Haysmer, co-owners, have started and operated the store since 1981 in downtown Cadillac, the heart of Michigan. We have a strong speciality in used paperbacks with minors in new and used hardcovers. The store is open from 9:30AM to 5:00PM, Monday through Saturday, year round.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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