The Set of the Sails: The Adventures of a Cape Horn Seaman
by Alan Villiers
- Used
- Acceptable
- Paperback
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Pan, 1955. Paperback. Acceptable. 1955. This Edition. 247 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white photographic plates. Moderate water staining, foxing and tanning to pages; text unaffected. More prominent to text block edges and reverse of covers. Hinges are lightly cracked but covers remain firmly attached. Paper covers have light edge-wear and corner curling with minor foxing, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has mild rolling and creasing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1676499188GEO
- Title
- The Set of the Sails: The Adventures of a Cape Horn Seaman
- Author
- Alan Villiers
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Pan
- Date Published
- 1955
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...