New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, undated. Edition Not Specified. Good +/No DJ. 12mo = 7-9". Reid, Stephen. Printing Not Spec. Maroon cloth covers are scuffed and worn on edges and corners, gilt lettering on spine. Ex-library book has remains of library pocket on front endpaper, embossed stamp on title page, library markings on contents page and a discarded stamp on bottom of the plate on page 82. 8 color plates.

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Seller: Heritage Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: CF16232
Title: The Book of Pirates
Author: Gilbert, Henry
Illustrator: Reid, Stephen
Book Condition: Used - Good +
Jacket Condition: No DJ
Edition: Edition Not Specified
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: undated
Pages: 319pp
Size: 12mo = 7-9"
Keywords: Outlaws/Criminals
Bookseller catalogs: Children's-General Non-Fiction;

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Our bookshop is located in the historic town library building of Southampton, Massachusetts. Southampton lies within the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts with a view of Pomeroy Mountain to the West and Mt. Tom to the North. It is situated between the artistic, vibrant communities of Easthampton and Northampton and the city of Westfield. We have a collection of over 40,000 books with many more waiting to be unboxed and squeezed onto our shelves. The large double-door front entrance will lead you to our main floor where we hold a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles, as well as a good selection of scarce and rare editions. The original fireplace is surrounded by hardbacks and you can peer out the original nine-foot windows. Take the staircase to the basement and you will find our large children's section and many shelves full of paperbacks. Our physical address is 225 College Highway/Route 10. Our mailing address is 241 College Highway & Clark St. P.O. Box 100 Southampton, MA 01073. The store hours indicated are by appointment only Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday you can stop in. Please call to schedule an appointment if you can't make it to the store on the weekends from 11 am to 3 pm.

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12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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....
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...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...

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