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The Two Admirals: Famous Novels of the Sea
by Cooper, James Fenimore
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Bibliographic Details
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Illustrator: Rufus F. Zogbaum
- Edition: First Thus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1899
Book Description
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899 Lightly shelf-worn with minor hand soiling to front cover; else a clean, tight and very nice copy; black and white illustrations; 421 pages.. First Thus. Green Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Rufus F. Zogbaum. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
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 tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use. first thus : Indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a substantially different format than the true first edition. For example, a first illustrated edition of a book, or even a first paperback release of a book originally published in hard cover. 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. soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining. Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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