Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd., 1953. Cover: blue cloth with gilt titles. Light mottling to only some of the boards margins. Small circle stain to head front cover. Mild foxing and moderate age yellowing to edges. Inscription to ffep. Tiny booksellers sticker to bottom fep. Light sprinkling of foxing to a few only pages mostly to their margins. B/w illustrations, binding tight. 159p Dj: mild rubbing, light dusting of soiling. Head and bottom edges with several small open tears (some small pieces missing) and chips. 4cm tear to head of spine on rearside. 2.5cm tear to bottom front flap spine. Price-cut to front flap foot.. Reprint. Hb. VG/VG.

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Bookseller: BOOKMARK Ltd (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 029238
Title: The Nitrate Clippers
Author: Lubbock, Basil
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG
Jacket Condition: VG
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.
Place of Publication: Glasgow
Date Published: 1953
Bookseller catalogs: Maritime;

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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....
VG/VG: Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
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...
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...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.