These Fragile Outposts
by Chamberlain, Barbara Blau
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: The Natural Hist. Pr, 1964. First Edition. First printing Near fine in 1/4 black cloth and light green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 5". In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket with the spine ends rubbed and lightly worn. 327 pages including an index. A geological examination of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Quite scarce in collectable first edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB03531
- Title
- These Fragile Outposts
- Author
- Chamberlain, Barbara Blau
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Natural Hist. Pr
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1964
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
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- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...