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Diaries from the Days of Sail
by Bell, R.C
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included
- ISBN 10
- 0030129419
- ISBN 13
- 9780030129414
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston,, 1974 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Large octavo, black cloth covered boards with gilt spine title. 160pp. Illustrated throughout with black and white reproductions and diagrams. Introduction by Alan Villiers. Three selections from original diaries of American ships captains including tales of early Australia and the clipper ship trade with China. 6 appendices including Sails and Rigging, CHinese Shipping and the Anglo-Chinese War. A very tight, clean, fresh, volume with a discreet prior owner blindstamp on ffep, else fine, in a crisp, clean dust jacket. Very near fine in fine dust jacket..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 04783
- Title
- Diaries from the Days of Sail
- Author
- Bell, R.C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- F
- ISBN 10
- 0030129419
- ISBN 13
- 9780030129414
- Publisher
- New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston,, 1974
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1974
- Keywords
- VILLIERS, BELL, DIARY, SAILOR, SAILING, SAIL, SHIP, LOG, MEMOIR, AMERICA, AMERICAN, CAPTAIN, CHINA, AUSTRALIA, CLIPPER, RIGGING, HISTORY, HISTORICAL, COMMERCE, TRADE, WAR, PILE, TEA, OPIUM, WARS, SHIPPING, WHITEHEAD, CLARKE, LACEY, MARITIME
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
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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....
- Tight
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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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- Fine
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...