DEWEY: AND OTHER GREAT NAVAL COMMANDERS
by Adams, W. H. Davenport
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: George Routledge & Sons A Series of Biographies. Other commanders included are Sir Francis Drake, Robert Blake, Lord Anson, Lord Rodney, Earl Howe, Earl of St. Vincent, Lord Nelson, Sir Sidney Smith, Lord Collingwood, Oliver Hazard Perry, David Glasgoe Farragut, David Dixon Porter, William T. Sampson, Winfield S. Schley. 487 pp. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed to boards, edges and joints rubbed, scuffing to cover faces. Spine is faded, worn, spine ends are bent and fraying. Gilt top page edge. Both hinges broken. Spine is very loose. Marks and creased corner on front free endpaper. Stamp and bookstore details on back inside cover corner. Interior pages are browning along edges, some foxing spots. Book in Good condition.. Cloth. Good. Illus. by Illustrated. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 3/4". Biography.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006579
- Title
- DEWEY: AND OTHER GREAT NAVAL COMMANDERS
- Author
- Adams, W. H. Davenport
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- U.S. Navy, Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 3/4"
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Princeton, New Jersey
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