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Tales Of Swordfish And Tuna: With Ninety Illustrations From Photographs Taken By The Author And From Drawings By Frank Phares
by Zane Grey
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- acceptable/unjacketed
- Seller
-
Cazenovia, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1927 hardcover first edition as pictured. Ex-library with typical markings. Binding is intact. Blue cloth boards with gold stamping are rubbed and soiled with fraying at head and tail of spine and at corners, and a small tear at head of spine. Both front and rear hinges are cracked. A portion of the dust jacket has been glued to the front fixed endpaper, pencil notation on front free end paper. Edge of text block and some pages are mottled. Text, printed on heavy stock, is otherwise unmarked. Includes over 40 photographs and illustrations. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s
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Details
- Bookseller
- Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1752
- Title
- Tales Of Swordfish And Tuna
- Author
- Zane Grey
- Illustrator
- Frank Phares
- Format/Binding
- See description
- Book Condition
- Used - acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- unjacketed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Pages
- 204
- Size
- 7.5x10.5
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Zane Grey, Fishing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classic lit; Fishing;
Terms of Sale
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Return guarantee with full refund, including shipping costs, for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Biblio member since 2018
Cazenovia, New York
About Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
We are a group of volunteers supporting our local library. All proceeds go to the library. We strive for excellent customer service. Please contact us with any questions. If you are in the area you may also visit our store, Carriage Barn Books, adjacent to the library at 100 Albany Street Cazenovia NY
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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- 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,...
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