Cruises, Mainly in the Bay of the Chesapeake
by Barrie, Robert and George Barrie, Jr
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine. Bound green cloth over boards with black-stamped yachting vignette on upper board, black-stamped titles on spine. A f
- Seller
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Annapolis, Maryland, United States
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- Bookseller
- Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1511
- Title
- Cruises, Mainly in the Bay of the Chesapeake
- Author
- Barrie, Robert and George Barrie, Jr
- Illustrator
- Black & White Photographs, 1 fold-out map
- Format/Binding
- Full cloth. Octavo. [x], 276, [3] pages
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine. Bound green cloth over boards with black-stamped yachting vignette on upper board, black-stamped titles on spine. A f
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Press
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- Maryland, Sailing, Chesapeake Bay, Yachting, Corinthian Yacht Club, Barrie Brothers, Skipjacks, Eastern Shore, Americana
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Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
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Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
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- Cloth
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- Vignette
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Bumps
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- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...