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The Merchant Sailing Ship: A Photographic History with 127 Photographs from the British National Maritime Museum Depicting British and North American Sailing Vessels and the Lives of the People Who Worked In and Around Them
by Greenhill, Basil; Giffard, Ann (selected and described by)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY, USA: Praeger Publishers, 1970. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 112pp. bw photos, ports. Black cloth w crisp gold lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ is clean, showing tiny wear to front bottom corner, preserved now in mylar cover. Octavo: 242 x 190mm
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 048521
- Title
- The Merchant Sailing Ship: A Photographic History with 127 Photographs from the British National Maritime Museum Depicting British and North American Sailing Vessels and the Lives of the People Who Worked In and Around Them
- Author
- Greenhill, Basil; Giffard, Ann (selected and described by)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Praeger Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, USA
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Merchant ships -- History -- Pictorial works. NOISBN Sailing ships -- History -- Pictorial works Merchant vessels -- British -- History -- Pictorial works. Merchant vessels -- North America -- History -- Pictorial works. History, Pictorial
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; Edgington Sea Collection; Railway / Marine / Transport and Transportation;
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Post Horizon Booksellers
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About the Seller
Post Horizon Booksellers
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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