Pictorial History of American Ships
by Durant, John and Alice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
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CA$27.69CA$13.85
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: A. S. Barnes & Co. . VG. 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in gray and green cloth. Illustrated through-out. 4to (11.50 X 8.75") size, 312pp. A Very Good copy in a Very Good dust jacket. Book shows mild shelf wear to the edges. Slight spine lean. Th e interior is clean, tight and unmarked. The dust jacket has small chi ps at the head of the spine. Rubs to the lower spine tips and corners. Rubbing along the folds. .
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- Dearly Departed Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47714
- Title
- Pictorial History of American Ships
- Author
- Durant, John and Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- A. S. Barnes & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1953
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
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