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Beautiful Swimmers, Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay
by Warner, William
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316923265
- ISBN 13
- 9780316923262
- Seller
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south dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Little Brown and Co, 1976. Book. Illus. by Hanks, Consuelo. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chesapeake Bay map endpapers. The DJ is price clipped, not a book club edition. Stated third printing. The author signs on the half title page, neatly, not inscribed to anyone. The spine ends have minor bumping, no internal marks or writing, the DJ has minor edgewear and a bit of darkening to the spine, presents nicely in mylar. The book won a Pulitzer Prize. Included with the book is a copy of the Boston Globe obituary for Warner who died in April, 2008..
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- Bookseller
- Wayward Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016938
- Title
- Beautiful Swimmers, Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay
- Author
- Warner, William
- Illustrator
- Hanks, Consuelo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0316923265
- ISBN 13
- 9780316923262
- Publisher
- Little Brown and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- CRABS CHESAPEAKE BAY MD VA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Washington D.C; Signed By Author;
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