Along the Labrador Coast
by Townsend, Charles Wendell
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Dana Estes & Company, r1907. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. xii,11-289pp. Octavo, uncut. Plates from photos, etc., and folding sketch map. Original pictorial blue cloth with white, gilt and black illustration on front, gilt lettered spine and white lettered front. Bookplate on front pastedown. very good O'Dea 1389. "Observations of the coasts, the country and the people during a summer cruise to Nain in 1906" by an ornithologist with much on Labrador natural history. 1907
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 117329
- Title
- Along the Labrador Coast
- Author
- Townsend, Charles Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dana Estes & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- r1907
- Keywords
- Polar
Terms of Sale
Aquila Books
30 day return guarantee, with refund if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
Aquila Books
Biblio member since 2010
Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....