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NIMROD OF THE SEA; or, The American Whaleman
by Davis, William M
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
North Quincy, Massachusetts: The Christopher Publishing House, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 405 p. 31 illustrations. Facsimile reprint of the 1874 first edition. Classic account of a three-year voyage on a whaling ship that sailed from New Bedford in the 1860s. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Internally crisp and clean. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with just a hint of rubbing; otherwise very good or better.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60365
- Title
- NIMROD OF THE SEA; or, The American Whaleman
- Author
- Davis, William M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Christopher Publishing House
- Place of Publication
- North Quincy, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1972
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located in the heart of downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Our shop is currently open by appointment Thursday - Saturday from 11am - 6pm (please call ahead) and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. For more information, visit our website at www.johnsonrarebooks.com or call 1-626-967-1888.
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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