HARBOR & HAVEN, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE PORT OF NEW YORK by Bunker, John G
- Bookseller: Koster's Collectible Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: INVENT009249I
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Very Good-
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0897810023
- ISBN 13: 9780897810029
- Publisher: Maritime Association Port of New York / Windsor Publications Inc
- Date published: 1979
- Pages: 302
Description
Maritime Association Port of New York / Windsor Publications Inc, 1979. Very Good/Very Good-. Hardcover Hardcover: Signed and inscribed by author on free endpaper. Linen bound with title on spine. Corners bumped. Printed on coated stock throughout. Authoritative, entertaining, and lavishly printed, one of the first comprehensive history's of the Port of New York. Frontispiece.Nice tight binding. Jacket: Tape repair on lower right hand corner. White jacket shows soil and edgewear chipping. In protective mylar. . ISBN: 0897810023.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term 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.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
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.
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
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