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The Story Of The Pacific
by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York,, Ny, U.S.A.: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1940. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Edition. Includes Index. The Book Is Bound In A Reddish Brown Cloth With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. Former Ship's Library Copy From The U. S. S. Lexington. "U.S. S. Lexington" Stamped On The Front And Back Of The Ffep And The Last Free Endpaper. Last Check Out Date 14 April 1941. "Property Of U.S. Navy Bureau Of Navigation" Stamped On The Back Of The Ffep And The Title Page. The Book Is Worn And Fraying At The Edges. The Gilt Lettering Is Faded. Hinges Cracked. Pages Tanned. Reading Copy Only.
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Details
- Seller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 033106
- Title
- The Story Of The Pacific
- Author
- Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York,, Ny, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1940
- Pages
- 387
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Pacific Ocean; Oceania - History; Oceania.
- Product_type
- Ex-Library
Terms of Sale
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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