The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World after Sperm Whales
by Bullen, Frank T
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928. Hardcover. Dark cloth hardback with gilt to front cover and spine with no marks. Illustrated in color by Mead Schaeffer. Light overall age-tanning. Top edge red with deckled fore edge. Binding is weak but holding with no breaks at gutters. Gilt lightly dulled but readable. Blindstamping to front cover. Very light wear at spine edges as well as corners. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 301 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Lady (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 136
- Title
- The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World after Sperm Whales
- Author
- Bullen, Frank T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Whaling, Fishing, Maritime History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-fiction;
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Lawrence, Kansas
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- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....