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MONT PELEE AND THE TRAGEDY OF MARTINIQUE. A Study of the Great Catastrophes of 1902, With Observations and Experiences in the Field
by Heilprin, Angelo
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York:J. B. Lippincott Company, 1903. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. New York:J. B. Lippincott Company. 1903. 1st edition. xiii+335pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Dark pictorial boards lightly soiled and rubbed, with some sun-fading to top edges of front board and scratching to rear board, shelfwear to edges, spine ends and edge points. Internally, previous owners name penciled to 1st free end-page, otherwise pages clean and bright. The binding is tight and hinges intact. A very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23922
- Title
- MONT PELEE AND THE TRAGEDY OF MARTINIQUE. A Study of the Great Catastrophes of 1902, With Observations and Experiences in the Field
- Author
- Heilprin, Angelo
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York:J. B. Lippincott Company
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- CARIBBEAN; WEST INDIES; MARTINIQUE; VOLCANOS;
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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.
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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...
- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- 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...
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