New York, New York, USA: Owl Books/Henry Holt and Company, 1996. BZ6 - An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus a very light crease on the back cover plus some spotting of the front endpaper plus a remainder mark on the top outside paper edges plus some wrinkling of pages 101 and 115. A story told as the journal of a privileged 14-year-old boy, the owner's son, and a captain's apprentice on a slave ship. He is one of the few on board to know before the ship leaves port that its true commission is as a slaver, not as a whaling ship. 290p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Bookmarc's (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: SCW01248
Title: The Closest Possible Union
Author: Scott, Joanna
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued
ISBN 10: 0805039732
ISBN 13: 9780805039733
Publisher: Owl Books/Henry Holt and Company
Place of Publication: New York, New York, USA
Date Published: 1996
Keywords: Literature Literary Fiction
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction: Historical; Fiction: Historical / North America Hist Fiction;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Remainder Mark: Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
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...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Trade Paperback: Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...