The Buccaneers of America
by Esquemeling, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0880291494
- ISBN 13
- 9780880291491
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Dorset Press, 1987. Reprint. Quarter Cloth & Hard Boards. Very Good/Very Good Plus. 8vo. Illustrated. 480pp. Clean & tight. Illustrated with facsimile copies of the original engravings & maps. The tail of the spine is a little turned in & there is a slight bump to the head of the front board. Small, slight soiling marks to the margins of three leaves. Well preserved. The dust wrapper has not been price clipped. Light fading to the spine of the wrapper. No niks or tears. A lovely, well preserved copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 221931
- Title
- The Buccaneers of America
- Author
- Esquemeling, John
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Quarter Cloth & Hard Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0880291494
- ISBN 13
- 9780880291491
- Publisher
- Dorset Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- BUCCANEERS AMERICA AMERICAN HISTORY PIRATES
- X weight
- 0 oz
Terms of Sale
Trumpington Fine Books Limited
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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