Famous Paddle Steamers
by Hambleton, F.C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good-
- Seller
-
Hardwick, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Percival Marshall & Co., 1948 Red cloth. Illustrated with black-and-white frontispiece photograph of the "Royal Eagle" and numerous black-and-white text drawings and diagrams, including detailed rear fold-out of the "Royal Eagle." A couple of faint smudge marks to verso of frontispiece; lower edge of frontis starting to detach. Text pages somewhat age-browned. Clean and tight in a moderately-to-heavily edgeworn dust jacket. Dust jacket image is crisp and bright, but there are two irregular closed tears at upper edge near spine and 2"closed tear at lower front panel. Lower front flap price clip is uneven. Moderate soil to rear (white) panel of jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Curiosity Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13451
- Title
- Famous Paddle Steamers
- Author
- Hambleton, F.C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Percival Marshall & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
Terms of Sale
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...