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The Opal Sea
by Van Dyke, John C
- Used
- Condition
- good: wear to boards, gilt still bright on boards and spine, offset on front paste down from ex-libris bookplate on FFEP, toning/no DJ
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. hardcover. good: wear to boards, gilt still bright on boards and spine, offset on front paste down from ex-libris bookplate on FFEP, toning, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 12mo. 262pp. from review in Nature (1906): "PROF. VAN DYKE provides in these pages a readable account of many branches of modern oceanography expressed in a literary form too seldom found in works dealing, with scientific subjects. As one would expect, the romance and poetry of science are given great prominence, and the attractive word-pictures reveal the fascinating nature of the work of the man of science. Many readers of these essays will be encouraged to undertake a more precise study of the physical geography of the sea from formal treatises.". #00903.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 820
- Title
- The Opal Sea
- Author
- Van Dyke, John C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - good: wear to boards, gilt still bright on boards and spine, offset on front paste down from ex-libris bookplate on FFEP, toning
- Jacket Condition
- no DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- ocean, oceanography, essays, nonfiction, science,
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
Biblio member since 2023
Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
small online used bookstore based in Chattanooga, TN. Little bit of everything, but lots of modern first editions.
Glossary
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...