Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas
by Grey, Zane
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1925. Small Quarto Size [approx 19x26cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Green boards - very lightly soiled. Very small nick to spine edge at top of spine. A few mild stains to pages but primarily a clean and tight copy. Black & white illustrations. All plates present except - plates meant to be opposite pp23/24 and pp30/31 misbound as opposite pp 22/23 and pp32/33 respectively. Gilt title to spine. Copyright page code KZ. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 216 pages. With 100 illustrations from photographs taken by the author and others. Drawings by Lillian Wilhelm Smith. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB323955
- Title
- Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas
- Author
- Grey, Zane
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sport;
Terms of Sale
Adelaide Booksellers
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About the Seller
Adelaide Booksellers
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia
About Adelaide Booksellers
Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookseller. Member ANZAAB.Founded in 1979, Adelaide Booksellers is one of Adelaide's oldest and most respected secondhand and antiquarian booksellers. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers [ANZAAB]. Has Adelaide's most comprehensive selection of book on military history. Also a very good range of Australiana books, Childrens's Books, Art and History books.Something for every budget. Now primarily an online/telephone seller but open to the public by arrangement.
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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...
- First Edition
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....