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Life Aboard a British Privateer in the Time of Queen Anne. Being the Journal of Captain Woodes Rogers, Master Mariner. With Notes and Illustrations by Robert C. Leslie.
de Rogers, Woodes
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0870218387
- ISBN 13
- 9780870218385
- Librería
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute, 1970 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. iv, 143 pp, list of b&w illustrations, introduction, I. From King Road, Bristol, to Cork, in Ireland; II. Amongst the Canary Islands; III. From Grande Towards Juan Fernandez; IV. From Lobos Towards Guiaquil, in Peru; V. Ammong the Gallapagos Islands and at Gorgona Road, in Peru; VI. Sailing Toward the Islands of Guam and Bouton, thence to Batavia, and Round the Cape of Good Hope, Home; appendix. This book is published and distributed in the United States by the United States Naval Institute. "Most people have read the story of Robinson Crusoe and know of the author, Daniel Defoe, by perhaps fewer are acquainted with the name Woodes Rogers or have come across the charming journal of his circumnavigation of the the world, 1708-1711, in the ships Duke and Dutchess. Yet it was Woodes Rogers who discovered the original Crusoe, Alexander Selkirk, on the island of Juan Fernandez, and it was Selkirk's experiences that formed the basis for Defoe's famous novel." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt figure of The Universal Ring Dyall and gilt lettering on the front board, gilt lettering to spine, blue text block edges, and map of the world on endpapers..
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Detalles
- Librería
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 004187
- Título
- Life Aboard a British Privateer in the Time of Queen Anne. Being the Journal of Captain Woodes Rogers, Master Mariner. With Notes and Illustrations by Robert C. Leslie.
- Autor
- Rogers, Woodes
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Edición
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0870218387
- ISBN 13
- 9780870218385
- Editorial
- United States Naval Institute
- Lugar de publicación
- Annapolis, MD
- Fecha de publicación
- 1970
- Palabras clave
- MILITARY HISTORY MARITIME NAVAL HISTORY ROGERS WOODES (1679-1732) CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE 1708-1711
- Catálogos del vendedor
- MILITARY HISTORY;
- Size
- 8vo
Términos de venta
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sobre West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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...
- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
