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Looking for a Ship -(SIGNED)-
by McPhee, John A. -(signed)-
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374190771
- ISBN 13
- 9780374190774
- Seller
-
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1990. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Blue cloth with gilt, headband, 242 pages, SIGNED by author on half-title page. Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with faint edge wear. "This is an extraordinary tale of life aboard what may be one of the last American merchant ships, the S.S. Stella Lykes." Check out the scans. . Signed by Author. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Cover design by Cynthia Krupat,. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009694
- Title
- Looking for a Ship -(SIGNED)-
- Author
- McPhee, John A. -(signed)-
- Illustrator
- Cover design by Cynthia Krupat,
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0374190771
- ISBN 13
- 9780374190774
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- McPhee, John A. -(signed)- Looking for a Ship -(SIGNED)- Cover design by Cynthia Krupat, Farrar Straus & Giroux 0374190771 -----The scan you see is the book you get. Blue cloth with gilt, headband, 242 pages, SIGNED by author on half-title page. N
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- Americana; The Sea;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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