Ver a tamaño completo.
The Australian Surfrider
de Kahanamoku, Duke [Forward]; Jack Pollard [Compiler]
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno/Very Good
- Librería
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Sydney, Australia: Murray, 1963. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. [ca. 1963]. First edition, first printing. Signed by surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku in 1963 on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original pale blue cloth affect boards with gilt spine lettering. Very Good. Covers mottled, foxed at edges, slight musty odor to pages, light foxing to endsheets. In a Very Good dust jacket with several short edge-tears, one of which has been mended from the blindside, and creasing to the front flap. Kahanamoku, a five-time Olympic medalist in swimming, was a native Hawaiian who is credited with popularizing the sport of surfing, bringing the ancient Hawaiian pastime to a global audience. His 1914 surfing exhibition at Sydney, Australia's Freshwater Beach is widely regarded as a seminal event in the development of surfing in Australia.
Reseñas
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 140941895
- Título
- The Australian Surfrider
- Autor
- Kahanamoku, Duke [Forward]; Jack Pollard [Compiler]
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Murray
- Lugar de publicación
- Sydney, Australia
- Fecha de publicación
- 1963
Términos de venta
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
Sobre el vendedor
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2010
Portland, Oregon
Sobre Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
