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Petticoat Whalers: Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820-1920
by Druett, Joan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1869500431
- ISBN 13
- 9781869500436
- Seller
-
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Auckland, New Zealand: Collins New Zealand / HarperCollins (New Zealand) Publishers, 1991. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Druett, Ron. vi, 213pp w appendix, bibliography and index. Illustrated in text w reproductions of historical bw photographs and six full-page paintings by Ron Druett. Signed by both the author and the illustrator on title page. Illustrated endpapers. Date Due slip tipped on to ffep. Small library stamp on free endpapers, half-title page and top edge of text block. Dark blue cloth w crisp silver lettering on spine. Small scuff to bottom corners and tail. Bumping to top corners. Binding square and sound. Full-wrap colour illustrated DJ is clean, showing mild sunning to spine and surface chipping to head. DJ preserved in new archival cover. Quarto: 26.5 x 19.5cm.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043249
- Title
- Petticoat Whalers: Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820-1920
- Author
- Druett, Joan
- Illustrator
- Druett, Ron
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1869500431
- ISBN 13
- 9781869500436
- Publisher
- Collins New Zealand / HarperCollins (New Zealand) Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- New Zealand - Maritime history 19th century - Whaling. NOISBN History, General, Maritime
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Edgington Sea Collection;
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- Text Block
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- Spine
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- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
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