THE LOGBOOK OF THE CAPTAIN'S CLERK, ADVENTURES IN THE CHINA SEAS
by John S. Sewall
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Bangor, Maine: Privately Printed/Charles H. Glass and Co., Bangor, 1905. first edition. Hardcover. Very good +. 6 x 9 in. Green cloth boards with white decorations. Frontis photo of the U. S. S. Saratoga. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers very clean and bright with a little surface wear, minimal shelf wear. Binding tight. Text has some pressed flowers and plants here and there, one of which has foxed the two pgs it sits in. Tissue guard to the frontis has some foxing. Text otherwise excellent, PO's name on ffep. Naut. RGR. ETS.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45634
- Title
- THE LOGBOOK OF THE CAPTAIN'S CLERK, ADVENTURES IN THE CHINA SEAS
- Author
- John S. Sewall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Privately Printed/Charles H. Glass and Co., Bangor
- Place of Publication
- Bangor, Maine
- Date Published
- 1905
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
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Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...