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The Golden Ocean
by Patrick O'Brian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/very good
- Seller
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Archdale, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: John Day, 1957. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Patrick O'Brian, The Golden Ocean, New York, John Day, 1957, First American edition. Yellow cloth hc with blue or teal lettering on spine, plain endpapers, small 8vo (20 cm), [1-12] 13-316 pp including labeled drawing of HMS Centurion and "A CHART SHEWING The Track of the Centurion round the WORLD"; yellow paper dustjacket with ship illustration on front and ads on back. "The Golden Ocean is based on an actual voyage made by Captain Anson and the Centurion in 1740" told through the eyes Peter Palafox, a young Irish seaman. Very Good+/Very Good: spine lightly bumped and top of spine starting, light scuffs on top edges, no markings, pages crisp; DJ bumped and scuffed with small tears on top, edges faded, front flap lightly creased, unclipped with original 3.75 price.
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Printed in USA
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tannery Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2925
- Title
- The Golden Ocean
- Author
- Patrick O'Brian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket condition
- very good
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Day
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Books; Maritime;
Terms of Sale
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Tannery Books
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Archdale, North Carolina
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We stock a wide variety of used books, including many inexpensive titles that are not listed online. We also sell new books by local authors and books about Quakers and Piedmont North Carolina. In the categories below, Vintage books are at least 50 years old, and Antique books are at least 100 years old. Vintage Children's may be more recent, but at least 30 years old.
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