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The Tragedy of the Seas; or, Sorrow on the Ocean, Lake, and River from Shipwreck, Plague, Fire and Famine
by Ellms, Charles
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Warsaw, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: W. A. Leary, 1848 Rebound in 3/4 blue morocco over marbeled boards, top edge gilt, original spine covering tipped in back, 432 pp.Rare copy of this edition. WorldCat locates 4 cc, Rare Book Hub finds no copies sold at auction after 1936. Binding by the Booklovers Shop, Cleveland. Attractive, clean, bright and tight, with numerous illustrations. Text lightly tanned. A superb copy of a rare book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003115
- Title
- The Tragedy of the Seas; or, Sorrow on the Ocean, Lake, and River from Shipwreck, Plague, Fire and Famine
- Author
- Ellms, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Three-Quarter Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. A. Leary
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1848
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
Books returnable if not as described and returned in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
Biblio member since 2006
Warsaw, Indiana
About Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
Primarily online seller with emphasis on better quality books.In the book business since the mid 1980s.
Glossary
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- Worldcat
- Worldcat is a collaborative effort produced by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) and supported and used by 72,000 libraries...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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