The Barbary Pirates
by C.S. Forester
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Macdonald & Co, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1956. First Edition. 185 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Colour illustrated dust jacket over pink cloth illustrative boards with blue lettering to spine and front. Colour illustrations and illustrative plates throughout. Stamp marks present, may indicate ex-library.Binding remains firm. Crinkling to gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Lettering is darkened slightly. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Tanning to spine and edges.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1634830858GEO
- Title
- The Barbary Pirates
- Author
- C.S. Forester
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macdonald & Co
- Date Published
- 1956
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....