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Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas
by Grey, Zane
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good DJ
- Seller
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Helena, Montana, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. First edition stated (K-Z code), very good dark green cloth hardcover with gilt letter shows mild shelf wear and soil to covers including hint of bumping to couple of corners, small areas of what look like plate residue with small bit of rub tearing at fore edges of both endpapers, along with some other mild wear, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) clipped at all four corners of inner flaps, that shows mild rubbing at spine and fore edges, just a hint of exposure toning along spine with some dulling to lettering at same, soiling, and edgewear that includes tiny closed tears. 216 pages "with 100 illustrations from photographs taken by the author and others drawings by Lillian Wilhelm Smith. Still a pleasing copy in original jacket of this work that documents the quest for record fish in mostly unknown waters.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barker Books & Vintage
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29862
- Title
- Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas
- Author
- Grey, Zane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- Antiques; Collectibles; Rare Books; Spokane, WA; Used Books; ; ;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Barker Books & Vintage
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Helena, Montana
About Barker Books & Vintage
Welcome to Barker Books & Vintage. We are a brick and mortar retailer of carefully selected books and other paper related product, located in Helena, Montana. We use our office mainly to buy books but are willing to allow perusal of inventory upon request. Our special emphasis on quality books includes a broad range of titles with particular interest given to those being uncommon or collectible. We have been in business close to twenty five years including our new home in Montana. Please call with any questions.
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- Shelf Wear
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- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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