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Britain's Maritime History: An Illustrated Chronicle (limited edition of 300 numbered copies)
by Bell, D. C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Insignificant crack to front outer joint near the top of the spine, the leather on the spine is lightly sunned, the cloth-covere
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Hull, UK: privately published by author, 1982. Limited edition.. Insignificant crack to front outer joint near the top of the spine, the leather on the spine is lightly sunned, the cloth-covered slipcase has some light edge-wear; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 36 (unpaginated), with 12 full page hand-painted watercolors each with a protective onion skin clear sheet, and 23 uncolored drawings (12 are full page and 11 are text-figures). Full reddish brown leather, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt on two red morocco labels in two compartments and with gilt designs in four other compartments, gilt date of 1982 appears at the bottom of the spine, the volume is preserved in a red cloth-covered slipcase, oblong 4to. This edition is limited to 300 copies, each signed by the artist/author; this is copy no. 76. Each of the twelve hand-painted watercolors is also signed and titled by the artist, D. C. Bell. The foreword is by A.G. Credland, Keeper, Hull Maritime Museum. A scarce work with beautiful watercolor paintings of classic British ships in their historical contexts. No ownership marks.
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- Bookseller
- Natural History Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8127
- Title
- Britain's Maritime History: An Illustrated Chronicle (limited edition of 300 numbered copies)
- Author
- Bell, D. C
- Book Condition
- Used - Insignificant crack to front outer joint near the top of the spine, the leather on the spine is lightly sunned, the cloth-covere
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hull, UK: privately published by author, 1982. Limited edition.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Naturalist's Travels, Exploration and Biography;
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Natural History Books
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About Natural History Books
Natural History Books is an independent, rare book retailer operating out of Iowa City, IA. The business is owned and operated by Noriko and Russell Ciochon. We only sell books through our NHB website and other book service websites. We do not offer books for sale within the state of Iowa.We specialize in rare and hard to find books in all areas of natural history especially ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, paleontology, botany, evolutionary biology and travel and exploration. Our rare and hard-to-find book section has many fine hand-colored plate books. Our latest acquisition is the ichthyology and aquarium fish collection of Ross Socolof Books of Florida. We are always buying natural history books – if you have a collection to offer, please contact us at noriko@naturalhistorybooks.com or by calling (319) 354-9088.
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