The Story of the Pacific
by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Hartland, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harcourt Brace. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1940. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover in fine Red buckram, tight binding, clean unmarked pages, covers have dustiness to edges, book plate, front endpaper dark, else VG in chipped DJ, VG- to G+ now in clear mylar jacket protector. Solid copy . About the amazing Pacific ocean, vast filled with history , the Polynesians... ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mossback Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26234
- Title
- The Story of the Pacific
- Author
- Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition :
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- PACIFIC History; Polynesians
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
Terms of Sale
Mossback Books
books sent by Media mail @$4.25 first book $3 each book thereafter; average size Air mail @$8.25 within midwest-zone(west-coast zone-$10.50) first book. Heavy books quote for air mail. Books can be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason but with prior notice given to the seller. Foreign sales need to obtain a quote for postage.
About the Seller
Mossback Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About Mossback Books
Sales through the internet and at book shows in the midwest.
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- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.