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Boy Scouts On Katahdin
by Eaton, Walter Prichard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: W. A. Wilde Company, 1924. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Likely early reprint of First Edition. The books listed on the dust jacket flap end with this title; however, the list of Eaton's books in the advertisement at the end of the book have two other title following this title. Also there is a little "26" printed below the copyright information on the verso of the title page. The book is in very nice condition: clean, no rubbing, tight binding, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing. The original dust jacket has a 3cm tear lower front with crinkle marks, minor edge wear. Original grey cloth with b/w photo on front, black lettering spine. The book measures 195mm tall x 138mm, and has 315 pages + 1 page of ads, 8 b/w photos. The first sixty pages of the book are on skiing and the Southmead Winter Sports Carnival. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002266
- Title
- Boy Scouts On Katahdin
- Author
- Eaton, Walter Prichard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- W. A. Wilde Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, ski, ski-ing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; Skiing; CLIMBING East Coast USA;
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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