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Captain Adam
de Donald Barr Chidsey
- Usado
- Bueno
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Bueno/Very Good
- Librería
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 1953 Crown Publishers, New York. 1953. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the FFFP dated 1953. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant wear to head and tail. DJ: Very Good+; slight wear to head, tail, and tips; slight soiling to panels. Blue grained paper over boards and spine with dark blue lettering on the spine. Tinted textblock top. Internal hinges are sound and not split. 285 pp 8vo. This novel follows a young man, Captain Adam Long, a freed indentured servant, as he gains and strives to keep his position as skipper of the Goodwill to Men ship. He must contend with pirates, looters, port administration, kidnappers, maroonings, duels, and a head-strong young woman named Maisie who he took on as a passenger. Her arrival leads him through some turbulent events and eventually a trip back to London and the greatest surprise of his life. Set during the 1700s in Rhode Island, the Caribbean, and England. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 013721
- Título
- Captain Adam
- Autor
- Donald Barr Chidsey
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Book Club Edition
- Editorial
- Crown Publishers
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1953
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- seafaring novel, sailing novel, Earl of Tillinghast, Goodwill To Men, sailing ship, Queen Anne, England, Rhode Island, pirates, mutineers, smugglers, Lady Maisie Treadway,
Términos de venta
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
Sobre el vendedor
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Miembro de Biblio desde 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
Sobre Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
