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To the Indies
by Forester, C.S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), faded at the spine, rubbed and with some shallow chips and creases at the edges. Green cloth with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a forward lean and a red top stain, clean internally. Forester's novel of Don Narciso Rich and his travels with Columbus on his third voyage, published in the UK as "The Earthly Paradise.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10281
- Title
- To the Indies
- Author
- Forester, C.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- English Literature, Modern Literature, 20th Century Litearture, Travel, Adventure, South America, Mine, Soldier of Fortune
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Based in the far northwest reaches of the Chicago suburbs, Carpetbagger Books specializes in literary fiction and modern firsts. Inventory is updated weekly, if not more frequently, so browse often. If you are after something particular, don't hesitate to communicate: not all inventory is uploaded online.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
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