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Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay
by William W. Warner
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316923265
- ISBN 13
- 9780316923262
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Atlantic Monthly Press / Little Brown & Co, 1976. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Consuelo Hanks. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fourth Printing of this Pulitzer Prize winning exploration of the life and traditions of crabbers on the Chesapeake Bay. 304 pages, illustrated. The book has a written gift inscription on the front endpaper (dated 1976). Otherwise, the content is clean and the binding is crisp. There is minimal bumping on the tips. The dust jacket is price clipped and has fading around edges and minor stains on back, with tip chipping.
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- Bookseller
- Turn and Temper Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 247
- Title
- Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay
- Author
- William W. Warner
- Illustrator
- Consuelo Hanks
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 4th Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0316923265
- ISBN 13
- 9780316923262
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly Press / Little Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Pages
- 304
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Turn and Temper Books
Biblio member since 2023
Rockville, Maryland
About Turn and Temper Books
Turn and Temper Books specializes in non-fiction, high quality rare books in Science, Psychology, Philosophy, Nature, Technology, Business, and related fields. We also may have the occasional modern first edition and other fiction titles. We focus on quality and condition: with few exceptions (mostly relating to antiquarian stock), all books sold are in Very Good or better condition and are highly collectible.
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Fine
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