The Yankee Whaler
by Ashley, Clifford W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- very good
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin & Company, 1938. Hardcover. very good. Popular Edition. xxviiii,[2],156pp. Octavo. Illustrated with numerous black and white and coloured plates from paintings (including frontispiece). Original reddish brown cloth with small gilt decoration of whale on front cover and spine. Pictorial endpapers. Covers slightly rubbed. Very good condition 1938
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 121527
- Title
- The Yankee Whaler
- Author
- Ashley, Clifford W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston / New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Arctic|Whaling
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
Biblio member since 2010
Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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"...
- 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...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...