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The Call of the Sea. Britain's Maritime Past 1900-1960
by Steve Humphries
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 056338722X
- ISBN 13
- 9780563387220
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: BBC Books, 1997. 1st Edition First Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1997 first edition. Size quarto, 9.75" tall, 192 pages. Turquiose hard cover with silver gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition near fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition near fine, very slight fading to spine otherwise fine, not price clipped. This book accompanied a BBC TV series of the same name.
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- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018116
- Title
- The Call of the Sea. Britain's Maritime Past 1900-1960
- Author
- Steve Humphries
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 056338722X
- ISBN 13
- 9780563387220
- Publisher
- BBC Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 192
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- NON FICTION HISTORY 20TH TWENTIETH CENTURY SEA SAILING ROYAL NAVY NAVAL WARFARE MARITIME LIFE AT SEA BATTLES SHIPS
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
Biblio member since 2007
Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
We are a small family business located in Blackpool, England. We stock a varied range of Antiquarian and Collectable Books; Antiquarian Holy Bibles, Fine Bindings, Literature, Poetry, Military, Travel, First Editions, Illustrated, Childrens', Signed Books and more.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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