Pitcairn's Island
by NORDHOFF, CHARLES AND JAMES NORMAN HALL
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1934. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. Published November, 1934" on copyright page NEAR-FINE BOOK - CLEAN BOARDS TIGHT BINDING, STRAIGHT CORNERS, CLEAN TEXT. KEPT FROM BEING FINE ONLY BY LIGHT BUMPING AT BOTTOM OF SPINE. FIRST STATE DUST JACKET IS VERY GOOD- WITH $2.50 PRICE, GOOD COLOR, SLIGHTLY SUNNED SPINE, SMALL EDGE CHIPS AND TEAR AND RUBBING TO SPINE. LIGHT, SHORT OWNER INSCRIPTION ON ENDPAPER. Price based of fine quality of book with a dust jacket about average for what's out there.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mark Post, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34755
- Title
- Pitcairn's Island
- Author
- NORDHOFF, CHARLES AND JAMES NORMAN HALL
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First printing
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1934
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mark Post, Bookseller
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San Francisco, California
About Mark Post, Bookseller
Specializing in American, European, and Military History, and all sujects relating to Scotland. Also a large selection of uncommon first editions of literature, including historical and western fiction.
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- Copyright page
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- First State
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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