Random House, 1959. Hardcover. Excellent/Very Good. 8x5x1. Denver Gillen. Vintage Landmark Cloth Cover Hardback Book with Dust Jacket. Book itself is in Excellent condition with a tight binding and clean crisp pages. Book appears unread and unused. Outside cloth covers are very nice. Dust Jacket is in Very Good condition with some minor soiling to the back cover and some edge chipping and small missing pieces from the top and bottom of the outside spine. Dust Jacket is now covered by a new clear mylar cover. A nice book! Landmark Books and World Landmark Books are accurate, in-depth stories for young people in the 9-15 year old range. These living histories were written by award-winning authors or by men and women who experienced the events first hand. Written during the 1950's and 1960's and illustrated either with two-color drawings or clear photographs, the books are informative, enjoyable, and well worth reading and collecting. The First Transatlantic Cable is Landmark book #88. The year is 1854 about the fascinating story of how some of the most brilliant scientists, businessmen, statesmen, inventors, and soldiers of fortune fight to carry out the idea of running a cable under the Gulf of St. Lawrence to connect Nova Scotia with Newfoundland.

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Bookseller: Keller Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 230821B
Title: The First Transatlantic Cable #88 Landmark #88 HB/DJ
Author: Adele Gutman Nathan
Illustrator: Denver Gillen
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Excellent
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1959
Size: 8x5x1
Weight: 0.56 lbs

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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....
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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"...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...