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RAIDERS AND REBELS : The Golden Age of Piracy by Sherry, Frank
- Bookseller: Grandmahawk's Eyrie
 (AU)
- Seller Inventory #: GHE0011204
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Jacket condition: Very Good
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0688046843
- ISBN 13: 9780688046842
- Publisher: Hearst Marine Books
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1986
- Pages: 399
Description
New York: Hearst Marine Books, 1986 HB, beige paper oards with dark brown cloth spine in pictorial DJ, NF/VG, 399pp, bibliography, index, b/w illus. Minor rubbing and creasing to top edge of unclipped DJ, a small tear to top rear spine, vertical crease to fr flap, now protected in poly film. Book has minor rubing to lower edge, inside is square, clean, tight and unmarked. A rollicking, well-researched history of piracy from 1692 to 1725, all the great and notorius characters are here. 840g when packed... First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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. Also known as the back.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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