The Strife of the Sea
by Hains, T. Jenkins
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Lancaster, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Baker & Taylor Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hard cover published by Baker & Taylor Co. in 1903. No dust jacket. Pictorial board in front, with blue cloth-covered boards. Corners of covers are bumped and worn, with some fraying. Ends of spine have some wear and some fraying. Spine is cocked some, and covers have some edge wear and scuffing. Some upper page corners are bent and creased, some pages have some small tears or age spots, and pages have some tanning. Upper end of hinge is cracked before back cover.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 328 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Inside the Covers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MSH5878
- Title
- The Strife of the Sea
- Author
- Hains, T. Jenkins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Baker & Taylor Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Sea, Adventure, Sailing Ships, Cape Horn, Sailing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
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About the Seller
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Lancaster, Texas
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Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...