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The Exciting Adventures of Captain John Smith
by QUINN, Vernon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. A first edition of Vernon Quinn's seafaring adventure story, intended for a younger reader. With four full-color illustrations by H. C. Murphy. --- In ribbed navy cloth with decorations and titling in gilt to cover and spine; color Murphy illustration pasted to front panel & blue topstain. Volume has no dust jacket. --- A clean, bright, unmarked copy but with faint scratches to cover illustration and discreet Colorado Springs bookseller label to rear paste-down.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; ix, 315 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85477
- Title
- The Exciting Adventures of Captain John Smith
- Author
- QUINN, Vernon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
Biblio member since 2005
Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- First Edition
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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...
- Fine
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