MATERIALS FOR A HISTORY OF THE MACKEREL FISHERY
by Goode, George Brown; Collins, Joseph W.; Earll, R. E.; & Clark, A. Howard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Reading Copy/No DJ
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883. Hardcover; 8vo; 441 pages. Scarce. Ex-lib, with front hinge detatched. Half bound in blue leather, heavily rubbed and torn, missing bottom 1/3 of spine. Blue pebbled cloth on sides, sunned to grey and wrinkled. Library call number under laminate on spine and upper board. A little loosely bound but still bright and clean interior, with water damage on bottom half, not obscuring on damaging the text. Library markings on all endpapers. READING COPY. Hardcover. Reading Copy/No DJ.
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- Seller
- J. Wyatt Books
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 225067
- Title
- MATERIALS FOR A HISTORY OF THE MACKEREL FISHERY
- Author
- Goode, George Brown; Collins, Joseph W.; Earll, R. E.; & Clark, A. Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Reading Copy
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- Fisheries, Resources,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Food;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
J. Wyatt Books
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Ottawa, Ontario
About J. Wyatt Books
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
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- 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....
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