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Cruising Among The Caribbees Summer Days In Winter Months
by Stoddard, Charles Agustus
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1903. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Green boards show light shelf wear, some small staining. Spine is sun-faded. ; A tight solid book. Hinges intact, Gilt stamped titles front and spine ; B&W Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages; A number of events happened after the publication to prompt the author to release a revised edition. Mont Pelée erupted, politcal outbreaks in Guiana and Venezuela, the emancipation of Cuba through war and Porto(sic) Rico has become a possession of the US. .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19937
- Title
- Cruising Among The Caribbees Summer Days In Winter Months
- Author
- Stoddard, Charles Agustus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Caribbean, Travelogue, West Indies
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRAVEL;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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- Tight
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Good+
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- Shelf Wear
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