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The Log of the Grand Turks by Peabody, Robert E - 1926

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The Log of the Grand Turks by Peabody, Robert E - 1926

The Log of the Grand Turks

by Peabody, Robert E

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New York and London: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. Illustrated, pp xviii, 249, uncut, small neat inscription on the dedication page, slight ink marks on the fore-edge, foxing to the first blank pages, the half-title, frontispiece and title page, otherwise clean internally, decorated cloth slightly worn and dusty, splash marks on the upper and lower cover. [The histories of four famous American vessels, each bearing the name Grand Turk. The First (1781-1788), Second (1791-1795, Third (1812-1816), Fourth (1916-1924). The first was a privateer during the American War of Independence. It sailed twice commercially to the Indian Ocean with calls at Canton and was sold at Isle de France in 1788. The second sailed in 1792 to Calcutta and Madras. The third sailed as a privateer during the 1812 war. The fourth sailed in the Caribbean and was wrecked on Yucatan.]. First Edition. Cloth. Good.
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  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Company
  • Place of Publication New York and London
  • Date Published 1926

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The Log Of The Grand Turks

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Boston And New York: Houghton and Mifflin. Good with no dust jacket. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages are browning. Covers are beginning to wear. .
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by Peabody, Robert E

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London:Duckworth, 192y. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2020/02/0_img_681482.jpg. London:Duckworth. 1927. xvii+249pp. Illustrated with photographs. Hardcover. Blue boards lightly rubbed along edges, lightly soiled with light shelfwear along edges. Edge points gently bumped and worn. Internally, mapped end-pages lightly age-toned with two previous owners bookplates, one on top of the other, to inside front board but otherwise, aside from a bit of foxing to prelims, a very good copy. The binding is tight but slightly cocked and hinges intact.
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The Log of the Grand Turks.

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket has some edgewear and chips - see image. Protected in a mylar sleeve. ; Both book and dustjacket are in Very Good condition - exception noted. The name, Grand Turk, was given to four sailing ships: a Revolutionary privateer a merchantman of the Napoleonic period, a privateer of the War of 1812, and a schooner during the period of the Great War (WW I]. [dustjacket] Scarce copy in dustjacket and in this condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 249 pages .
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. 1st. Hardcover. Very good / Very good. With illustrations.
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Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. 250 pp. Original blue cloth covers, lightly soiled. Titles and binding rubbed. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ b/w photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Bound in navy blue cloth with white stamp title and decoration to front board title to spine. Wear to cloth at extremities, corners bumped, paper of pastedown cracked at front hinge,
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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1926. Hardcover. Good condition . 249p., illus. The story of 4 different New England sailing vessels, all named the Grand Turk, from 1781 to 1924. Appendices list voyages.
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Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1926. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [from engravings]. Very Near Fine; see scans and description. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1926. First Edition. Illustrations from engravings, art and photographs. Octavo, 249 pp. Blue cloth with white imprinting on spine and cover, device on cover; map endpapers. A handsome Near Fine copy, showing only light sporadic peripheral wear. See scans. Certainly one of the finest available copies of the true first edition of Robert Peabody's tale of four ships named Grand Turk between 1781 and 1924. Historic and vibrant, a detailed account of U.S. sailing through that time period; China trade, privateering, coasting, etc., and with voyage lists. Thoroughly illustrated in black and white. - LT9
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