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FISHING BOATS and BARGES: From the Thames to Land's End
by Wood, Walter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VERY GOOD/Fine
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
John Lane The Bodley Head, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. VERY GOOD/Fine. ix, [3], 96 pp. 4to finished burgundy cloth, gilt spine lettering with gilt ruled head and tail, black on white woodcut sailboat medallion in black embossed border and ruled in black, deckled edges, printed endpapers; 20 woodcut illustrations on plates. Tail of spine bumped, otherwise a pristine copy, entirely clean and sharp; DJ tips just faintly rubbed, exceedingly clean and sharp otherwise.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arches Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2863
- Title
- FISHING BOATS and BARGES
- Author
- Wood, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- BOATS, OUTDOORS, , , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
Arches Bookhouse
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Arches Bookhouse
Biblio member since 2022
Portland, Oregon
About Arches Bookhouse
Brick & mortar humanities bookshop in Portland, OR. Philosophy, history, theology, literature, art.
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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