The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake
by De Gast, Robert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0801815487
- ISBN 13
- 9780801815485
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Small Quarto. Small 4to. (10) 173 (1) pp, illus. First Edition, 1973. Not Price Clipped. Very small chip to bottom edge front panel near spine dj with minor wear to top and bottom edge spine, and slightly age-toned spine of same. Faintly bumped top fore-edge corner tips, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 7.75" x 11.25". Pictorial boards with black lettering to spine, and map on endpapers. Pictorial dj in acetate protector. "This text features a sequence of 32 photographic essays, documenting in 170 haunting images each of the lighthouses still standing along the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay. For each lighthouse there is a photograph of the structure in its setting, a view looking out from the lighthouse, and a close-up of some singular detail of the building. The text discusses how and why the lighthouses were built, important events in their history, and in some cases the lives of their keepers.".
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005825
- Title
- The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake
- Author
- De Gast, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0801815487
- ISBN 13
- 9780801815485
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore, MD
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- PHOTOGRAPHY UNITED STATES CHESAPEAKE BAY LIGHTHOUSES
- Bookseller catalogs
- PHOTOGRAPHY;
- Size
- Small Quarto
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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