The Monitor Chronicles : One Sailor's Account : Today's Campaign to Recover the Civil War Wreck
by Marvel, William [editor]
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684869977
- ISBN 13
- 9780684869971
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. Hardcover, large octavo in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 272 pages. Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with holograph letters, photographs and maps. First edition, first printing with full number line. A first hand account of life aboard the Monitor, together with a chronicle of the salvage operations off the North Carolina shore. No previous ownership marks. Light abrasion to front dust-jacket panel, else a very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Dust-jacket protected by clear acetate covers. Fine in a very good dust-jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013720
- Title
- The Monitor Chronicles : One Sailor's Account : Today's Campaign to Recover the Civil War Wreck
- Author
- Marvel, William [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684869977
- ISBN 13
- 9780684869971
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Civil War Naval History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
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