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Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service
by Hancock, H. Irving
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1919. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Olive brown cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in black onto upper board and spine, 12mo, pp. 255. Text toned - esp. at edges - with some spotting, gift insc. ffep, water stain to board fore-edge. DJ slightly toned with matching water stain to fore-edge of back flap.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1573
- Title
- Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service
- Author
- Hancock, H. Irving
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- The Saalfield Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1919
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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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