These Fragile Outposts
by Chamberlain, Barbara Blau
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: The Natural History Press, 1964. First Edition. First printing Very good+ in black and light green decorated cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a very good- dust jacket with light wear and rubbing at the ends of the spine area and at the extremes. A geological examination of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. 327 pages including an index, bibliography, glossary, appendices, text and illustrated with photographs and maps.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB16544
- Title
- These Fragile Outposts
- Author
- Chamberlain, Barbara Blau
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Natural History Press
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1964
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.