Robert Hale, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1946. First Edition. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with a green dust jacket pasted down on front board. Moderate tanning to pages with pencil inscription to half title page and slight dog-eared pages throughout. Mild tanning to text block edges and front hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Boards have notable rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends as well.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1624267700ADA
Title: Lord of Alaska : Baranov and the Russian Adventure
Author: Hector Chevigny
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Robert Hale
Date Published: 1946

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Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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....
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...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.