Down Channel
by McMullen, R.T
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Horace Cox. 1897. Octavo, original blue cloth boards with gilt pictorial design front and back boards (lighthouse, Orion), b&w illus, maps (2 folding and colour), ship plans, pp xviii, 418 plus publisher's catalogue. Dated 1893 on the title page, but bound with publisher's adverts for 1897. Previous owner's signature ffep, small bookplate fep. Spine rubbed, corners lightly rubbed. Pictorial cloth and gilt clean and bright. Binding very good. Very good condition. Sailing in the English Channel, from 1850 to 1891. Revised Edition. Boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 96480
- Title
- Down Channel
- Author
- McMullen, R.T
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Horace Cox
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- English Channel, Maritime, Sailing
Terms of Sale
Muir Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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