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Looking For a Ship; License U. S. Merchant Marine
by McPhee, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374190771
- ISBN 13
- 9780374190774
- Seller
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Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 242pp. Small 8vo. Cloth over boards, stamped spine and front boards. A first edition/printing, Book is unread, unmarked, unclipped, tight,and bright, and jacket has a Brodart protector. Dust jacket edges slighted tanned; very light foxing to top of text block. . The text of this book originally appeared in "The New Yorker" magazine. Jacket blurb: "This is an extraordinary tale of life aboard what may be one of the last American merchant ships.
Synopsis
This is an extraordinary tale of life on the high seas aboard one of the last American merchant ships, the S.S. Stella Lykes, on a forty-two-day journey from Charleston down the Pacific coast of South America. As the crew of the Stella Lykes makes their ocean voyage, they tell stories of other runs and other ships, tales of disaster, stupidity, greed, generosity, and courage. (Publisher Summary)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0003891
- Title
- Looking For a Ship; License U. S. Merchant Marine
- Author
- McPhee, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0374190771
- ISBN 13
- 9780374190774
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nonfiction;
Terms of Sale
Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2007
Port St. Lucie, Florida
About Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
Specializing in modern mystery, fantasy/science fiction, general fiction, Subterranean Press books, and photography books. Many of these are signed by the authors.
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