The Discovery Of The Titanic, (Paperback).
by Ballard, Robert D
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- VG/VG/ND
- ISBN 10
- 1857976606
- ISBN 13
- 9781857976601
- Seller
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus revised & updated.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1995* Publisher: Orion~Madison.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs, very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. Light creases to spine, not to hinge. Spine faded. Seems lightly used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Neat gift inscription to half title. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Some slight colouration & marks to page margins and edges. VG* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 281 pp. text. vii pp. illustration credits & index at rear.* Product Description: The Disaster, April 14th 1912 :- R.M.S.Titanic, the largest and most luxurious ship afloat, lies stricken in the North Atlantic. A brief collision with an iceberg has just sealed her fate ? and that of more than 1500 people on board. The Discovery, September 1st 1985 :- After weeks of frustrating, fruitless searching, Ballard and his team suddenly see one of the Titanic?s massive boilers in the deep ocean.* This is a VG copy of the 1st./1st. thus with minimal shelf wear & light age.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4088
- Title
- The Discovery Of The Titanic, (Paperback).
- Author
- Ballard, Robert D
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd. Edition, Revised & Reset.
- ISBN 10
- 1857976606
- ISBN 13
- 9781857976601
- Publisher
- Orion
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 288
- Date Published
- 1995-08-07
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology;
- Size
- 12.9 x 1.5 x 19.8 cm
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