THE CHINA BIRD, the History of Captain Killick, and the Firm he Founded etc.
by David R MacGregor
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers etc. Barcode excised from ffep. Book exceeds 1kg
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Conway Maritime Press, London - second, revised edition 1986 hardcover, 11.25' x 8.5" & dust jacket Ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers etc. Barcode excised from ffep. Book exceeds 1kg weight. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Blue cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, frontis photo 'Lothair', diagrammatic sail plan 1860s clipper, maps, hundreds of historic photographs, drawings, documents, deck layouts etc. The history of Killick & Martin shipowners & brokers, from 1861.
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- Seller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 27102
- Title
- THE CHINA BIRD, the History of Captain Killick, and the Firm he Founded etc.
- Author
- David R MacGregor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 11.25' x 8.5" & dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers etc. Barcode excised from ffep. Book exceeds 1kg
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Conway Maritime Press, London - second, revised edition
- Date Published
- 1986
- Pages
- 224 pages
- Keywords
- killick martin china far east shipowners shipbrokers tea sailing ships spar NOAMZCOM
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Pegasus Book Orphanage
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McCrae, Victoria
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