The Coral Island. A tale of the Pacific Ocean
by R. M. Ballantyne
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Bancroft & Co., 1966. Hardcover. Good. 1966. First Edition Thus. 184 pages. No dust jacket. Red paper covered boards. Clean pages with mild tanning and heavy foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Mild droplets to text block edges. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and faint marking to boards. Moderate tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Mild cracking to lower front hinge.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1700220044LEE
- Title
- The Coral Island. A tale of the Pacific Ocean
- Author
- R. M. Ballantyne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bancroft & Co.
- Date Published
- 1966
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- First Edition
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- Hinge
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....