The Book of the Sea
by De Selincourt, Aubrey \(editor\)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/fair
- Seller
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Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode , 1961. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. A collection of nautical prose and poetry reflecting every aspect of the sea and seafairing. Each piece written from experience and ranging in scope from the terror of storms and shipwrecks to the calm of the tropics and the grinding onslaught of the Arctic ice-pack. A litterary feast for mariners and laymen alike. Size, 20.5 x 13.5cm, 376 pages, 4 colour reproductions of maritime paintings (plus one on jacket & endpapers), small drawings as chapter headings. Blue cloth boards in fair, price clipped, illustrated dust jacket. Internally, very good: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings.
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Details
- Bookseller
- William Robertson (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01247
- Title
- The Book of the Sea
- Author
- De Selincourt, Aubrey \(editor\)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- MARITIME THE SEA NAUTICAL LITERATURE SHIPS SEAFAIRING
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General;
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All books subject to prior sale. Any book found not to be as described can be returned within 14-days of receipt.
SHIPPING CHARGES
Quoted charges are only an estimate, based on an average weight of 750g. Actual charges may differ, depending on weight and destination. Customers will be informed before shipping if extra charges are required. If in doubt, please email us for an accurate shipping quote.
PAYMENT METHODS
UK Customers: credit/debit cards via PayPal or Biblio.
Non-UK Customers: credit/debit cards via PayPal or Biblio.
About the Seller
William Robertson
Biblio member since 2005
Lancaster, Lancashire
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.