A SAGA OF THE SEAS: THE STORY OF CYRUS W. FIELD AND THE LAYING OF THE FIRST ATLANTIC CABLE
by McDonald, Philip B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ to Very Good-/No Jacket
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Wilson-Erickson, Inc., 1937. 288 pages. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine. Missing DJ. Cover corners are bumped and lightly rubbed, edges rubbed, some scuffing to cover faces, discoloration to joints. Spine ends are bent and starting to fray, spine is darkened and creased, lettering is faded. Previous owner's name and bookplate on front inside cover. Interior is tight and clean. Book in Good+ to VG- condition.. Cloth. Good+ to Very Good-/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/4". Biography.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006346
- Title
- A SAGA OF THE SEAS: THE STORY OF CYRUS W. FIELD AND THE LAYING OF THE FIRST ATLANTIC CABLE
- Author
- McDonald, Philip B
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ to Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Wilson-Erickson, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- American History, Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Business/Economics; American History; Biographies;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/4"
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About the Seller
Bee Creek Books
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Princeton, New Jersey
About Bee Creek Books
Welcome to Bee Creek Books! We specialize in rare and out of print books in a variety of subjects (fiction to fishing, the arts to agriculture), old government documents, rare periodicals, vintage journals, no longer printed reports and quarterlies, classic maps and charts, photos, and much more!
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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