San Francisco: Press of the James H. Barry Company, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good(+) copy in a Very Good dust jacket. Light bumps to board edges; sunning to dust jacket; light tears to dust jacket corners and spine; inscribed by previous owner inside cover board; light soiling to edges of pages; else very nice copy; pages are free of marks; binding is tight./very good. Octavo in blue cloth boards in tan dust jacket; color frontispiece, plates, folded map; 138 p., 21 cm.

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Bookseller: Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 83565
Title: Last Days of Sail on the West Coast, San Francisco Harbor
Author: Macarthur, Walter
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good(+) copy in a Very Good dust jacket. Light bumps to board edges; sunning to dust jacket; light tears to dust jacket cor
Jacket Condition: very good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Press of the James H. Barry Company
Place of Publication: San Francisco
Date Published: 1929
Keywords: Merchant marine, Pacific Coast, Sailing Ships, Californai, San Francisco, History
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Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Inscribed: When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Bumps: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.