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In the Days of the Windjammers
by Crowe, John Congdon
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1959. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Signed first edition of In the Days of the Windjammers by John Congdon Crowe.. Octavo, xi, 176pp. Blue cloth, title in white on spine. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, light wear to edges, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, rubbing to corners, short closed tears to top edge, a very good example. Signed by the author on the title page.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13893
- Title
- In the Days of the Windjammers
- Author
- Crowe, John Congdon
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of In the Days of the Windjammers by John Congdon Crowe.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ryerson Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- John Congdon Crowe first edition, Crowe first edition, In the Days of the Windjammers first edition, In the Days of Windjammers Crowe
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- 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...
- Spine
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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