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Wildwood: Middle of The Island ( in dust jacket)
by Boyer, George F
- Used
- Fine
- Condition
- fine/near fine
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Egg Harbor City, NJ: Laureate Press, 1976. Numbered, Limited. Hard Cover. fine/near fine. One of 1000 numbered copies (this copy unnumbered). Hardcover in light blue buckram cloth lettered in gilt. 251 pps. Illustrated with historic photographs. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a bit of toning to the spine. History of Wildwood, New Jersey, located on the southern Jersey Shore, The town was first settled in 1882 as "Holly Beach", located in the center of Five Mile Beach and was the beneficiary of the tourist trade which developed shortly after the Centennial.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E4709x
- Title
- Wildwood: Middle of The Island ( in dust jacket)
- Author
- Boyer, George F
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Numbered, Limited
- Publisher
- Laureate Press
- Place of Publication
- Egg Harbor City, NJ
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- New Jersey, Garden State, Jersey Shore, Local History, Wildwood, Holly Beach, Settlers, Colonists,
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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
- "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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