THE LAST VOYAGES OF THE ADMIRAL OF THE OCEAN SEA. As Related by Himself and His Companions
by MacKie, Charles Paul
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No jacket
- Seller
-
Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Chicago:A. C. McClurg and Company, 1892. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Chicago:A. C. McClurg and Company.. 1892. 1st edition. 518pp. Hardcover. Red boards decorated in wite, lightly soiled and shelfworn with wear along edges, spine ends and edge points. Top page edges gilt. Internally, end pages age toned with previous owners name to 1st free end-page, otherwise aside from an occasional spot of foxing scattered throughout, a very good copy. The binding is tight, but slightly cocked, with hinges intact.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25874
- Title
- THE LAST VOYAGES OF THE ADMIRAL OF THE OCEAN SEA. As Related by Himself and His Companions
- Author
- MacKie, Charles Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chicago:A. C. McClurg and Company
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- MARITIME; CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS; VOYAGES;
Terms of Sale
Parnassus Book Service
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About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts
About Parnassus Book Service
Ben Muse began selling books from the former Knowles General Store in 1959. Now in our third generation, we are a famiy-run, general book store selling new and old (often rare) books as well as issuing specialty catalogs on a variety of subjects: Americana, Latin America, Maritime, Art, the Orient and a variety of other subjects. If you can't find what you are looking for here on the web, please contact us directly at our Yarmouthport shop -- or better yet stop by to browse and talk. We look forward to seeing you.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- 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...