The Adventures of Harry Marline; or, Notes from an American Midshipman's Lucky Bag.
by Porter (Admiral [David Dixon])
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
NY: Appleton, 1885. First edition, wrappers issue. 378pp. plus 6 pages of ads at rear. Frontispiece & several illustrations. This copy has had the spine covered with brown paper tape, and the covers reattached to it. Considerable chipping to the front cover, with some loss to the text at the bottom, the first few leaves are detached, some chipping to page corners, about very good otherwise. A bit of a rough copy of this novel, in the uncommon wrappers edition. Wright III: 4308.
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- Bookseller
- William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55033
- Title
- The Adventures of Harry Marline; or, Notes from an American Midshipman's Lucky Bag.
- Author
- Porter (Admiral [David Dixon])
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Bookseller catalogs
- Litold;
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William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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About the Seller
William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
Biblio member since 2004
Sidney, British Columbia
About William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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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....
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...