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Sea Slang of the Twentieth Century
by GRANVILLE Wilfred
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Winchester Publications, 1949 (500 gram rate) price clipped DW some chipping loss to corners and spine ends, name to fep, closed edges slightly foxed, parts of cloth binding sunned where DW is chipped ( spine ends), 271pp, dictionary of slang related to the sea and seamanship, as well as shipping/ boating on rivers as well, military and civil. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Fortuna Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010686
- Title
- Sea Slang of the Twentieth Century
- Author
- GRANVILLE Wilfred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Winchester Publications
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Nautical, Marine, Naval, Seaman, Royal Navy, Merchant Navy, Bargemen, Canalmen, Etymology, Slang, Jargon, Boating, Yachting
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY;
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- 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...
- Price Clipped
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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