Wake of the Great Sealers by Mowat, Farley
- Bookseller: Old Goat Books
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 1010295
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: VG. Lower back corner bumped. Boards very slightly warped.
- Jacket condition: G. Chips and wear along DJ extremities. Two small tears along front bottom DJ.
- Edition: 1st
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0771015275
- ISBN 13: 9780771015274
- Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
- Date published: 1973
- Pages: 157 pages.
Description
McClelland & Stewart, 1973. 1st. Hardcover. VG. Lower back corner bumped. Boards very slightly warped./G. Chips and wear along DJ extremities. Two small tears along front bottom DJ.. Quarto. Prints and drawings by David Blackwood. Broodingly illustrated tribute to the seal hunters of nineteenth and early twentieth century Newfoundland. Green cloth boards. Heavy book may require more postage. Hardcover
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
vg : Very Good condition. can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly)
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
quarto : A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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