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THIS WAS CHESAPEAKE BAY
by Burgess, Robert H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good in Poor dust jacket
- Seller
-
Staunton, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cornell Maritime Press. Good in Poor dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on half title page, no inscription. Worn, torn and badly chipped DJ in mylar jacket. Most of the DJ spine is gone. Spine tips of book very worn. Bookplate on verso of front endpaper. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 210 pages; Extra postage required for priority and international shipping. ; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Avocado Pit
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 77632
- Title
- THIS WAS CHESAPEAKE BAY
- Author
- Burgess, Robert H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Poor dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cornell Maritime Press
- Date Published
- 1963
- Bookseller catalogs
- MARITIME;
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About the Seller
The Avocado Pit
Biblio member since 2003
Staunton, Virginia
About The Avocado Pit
General stock, mostly nonfiction.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
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