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Steam Prow-Ship (to Accompany Bill H. R. No. 707) (23rd Congress: Second Session: House of Representatives Report: 86)
by United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on Naval Affairs
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
[Printed By Gales & Seaton], 1835. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soiling, rubbing, browning and/or foxing throughout (chiefly to wrappers); few small chips and nicks to edges. 4 pages (including wrappers). Upper wrapper title. Text of a report dated February 4, 1835, from one 'Mr. Wise, from the Committee on Naval Affairs' (page [1]; perhaps the distinguished American naval officer Henry Augustus Wise) regarding to the invention of one Commodore James Barron, called a 'prow-ship' (this being some 15 years after Barron's challenge to and duel with Stephen Decatur). Rare ephemeral piece, in any condition.
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- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L059786
- Title
- Steam Prow-Ship (to Accompany Bill H. R. No. 707) (23rd Congress: Second Session: House of Representatives Report: 86)
- Author
- United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on Naval Affairs
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- [Printed By Gales & Seaton]
- Date Published
- 1835
- Keywords
- General Americana United States 19th Century History Congress House of Representatives Committee Naval Affairs Military Ship Steamship Description Barron, James QX91, , , , , , ,
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- Edges
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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...
- First Edition
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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