PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN SHIPS ON THE HIGH SEAS AND INLAND WATERS
by Durant, John and Alice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1953. 312 pp with many b/w illustrations. Previous owner's bookplate on title page. White edpapers with b/w illustrations. Blue and white cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Corners bumped, head and tail of spine lightly worn. VG.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016982
- Title
- PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN SHIPS ON THE HIGH SEAS AND INLAND WATERS
- Author
- Durant, John and Alice
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. S. Barnes and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
Terms of Sale
J. Wyatt Books
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About the Seller
J. Wyatt Books
Biblio member since 2005
Ottawa, Ontario
About J. Wyatt Books
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...