Botany Bay
by Nordhoff, Charles; Hall, James Norman
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- Seller
-
Chehalis, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. First printing. Fine copy in publisher's turquoise cloth with illustration in silver, red topstain. Dust jacket, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, has some chipping, short tears, light soiling, but still presents well. Original $2.50 price present on jacket flap. Historical fiction about an English convict's voyage to an Australian penal colony, life in the colony, escape back to England, and eventual pardon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23013
- Title
- Botany Bay
- Author
- Nordhoff, Charles; Hall, James Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1941
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Walkabout Books
All books returnable for any reason within 21 days of receipt, provided they are in the original condition. Shipping costs fully refunded if an item is misdescribed or defective. Refund of purchase price only for returns for other reasons.
About the Seller
Walkabout Books
Biblio member since 2011
Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...