The Western Ocean Packets
by Basil Lubbock
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Co, 1925. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 5.5 x 8.5in. xiii. 155pp. 22 plates. Publisher's cloth boards. Top text-block edge is gilt. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows the top and fore-edge ever so lightly darkened, endpaper slightly thumbed, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows marginal toning, slight shelf rubbing of the edges, back panel with a surface scuff, otherwise remains bright and distinct. An exceptionally maintained copy. As pictured.
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Details
- Bookseller
- North Books: Used & Rare (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30617
- Title
- The Western Ocean Packets
- Author
- Basil Lubbock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles E. Lauriat Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1925
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About the Seller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...