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The Post-Captain; or The Wooden Walls Well Manned; Comprehending a View of Naval Society and Manners; A New Edition
by DAVIS, JOHN
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Thomas Tegg et al., 1815. First Thus. Full Leather. Very Good +/No Jacket. 12mo. Bound in full dark green calf with gilt decoration to spine and gilt decorative borders to boards, gilt to three edges, green ribbon bound in. Surface of leather cracking at hinges, but still firm, browning to very edges of endpapers, spot of damp effecting last several pages at bottom corner.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26568
- Title
- The Post-Captain; or The Wooden Walls Well Manned; Comprehending a View of Naval Society and Manners; A New Edition
- Author
- DAVIS, JOHN
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Thomas Tegg et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1815
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...