Across The Spanish Main
by Harry Collingwood
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Blackie & Son Limited, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. New Edition. 351 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages are mildly tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Moderate thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Notable water staining to pages throughout. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Mild water stains and droplets to rear board. Book has forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1710426320ABS
- Title
- Across The Spanish Main
- Author
- Harry Collingwood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son Limited
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...