The Sea Without a Haven
by Broster, D. K
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: William Heinemann. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. (1941). First Edition. Hardcover. Minor foxing. Small chips at ends of dustjacket spine and corners of dustjacket. Tears to margins of dustjacket, with adhesive tape repairs on reverse side. Dustjacket is price-clipped. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; First printing. 293 pages. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 189 x 127mm. Nautical fiction, set in 1793. "Meanwhile Captain Nugent Carew, of H.M. frigate Callisto, was engaged in the operations against Corsica which eventually brought it under British control" - from dustjacket blurb. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16748
- Title
- The Sea Without a Haven
- Author
- Broster, D. K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1941)
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Blurb
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- Spine
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- Good+
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- 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...
- Cloth
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