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The Year of the Seal
de Scheffer, Victor B
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Newport, Washington, United States
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Leonard Everett Fisher. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Jacket. Sepia drawings by Leonard Everett Fisher. This is the story of an Alaska fur seal and her companions in the great Pribilof Islands that had a herd of more than a million animals when the book was written. It follows her month by month through the islands as she withstands cold, finds fish in the darkness, avoids killer whales, recovers from hookworm parasites, and how she does this, written by a prominent biologist who studied and followed her in her struggles. Binding of orange cloth with blind-stamped seal partially submerged on the front, gilt lettered on spine. Very clean and bright, with slight rubbing to the lower edges. Solid and tight sewn binding. Endpapers with map in browntones of The Track of the Golden Seal in the North Pacific. Brown print on clean and unmarked heavy paper. Jacket illustrated with mama seal and her pups. Clean with slight edgewear, a closed half inch tear on the upper edge. 205 pages with Page Reference Notes and Index. 9 x 6.75 inches. 1970, Charles Scribner's Sons. New York, New York, USA
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 012293
- Título
- The Year of the Seal
- Autor
- Scheffer, Victor B
- Ilustrador
- Leonard Everett Fisher
- Formato/Encuadernación
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- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1970
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- SEALS; ALASKA FUR SEAL; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; NATURE;
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 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...
