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A REGIMENT FOR THE SEA and other writings on navigation
by Bourne, William
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1963. Edited by E. G. R. Taylor. Pp. xxxvi+464, frontispiece plus 9 plates, text figures, folding map, tables, bibliography, appendices, index; demy 8vo; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and ruled in blind, the spine gilt faintly dulled, fore-corner a trifle bruised; uncut and partly unopened; tiny chip to top edge of upper free endpaper; tiny ink mark (minor production fault) to fore-edge of a couple of leaves; Cambridge University Press/Hakluyt Society, Cambridge, 1963. Second Series No. CXXI.
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- Bookseller
- Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 105210
- Title
- A REGIMENT FOR THE SEA and other writings on navigation
- Author
- Bourne, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1963
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Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
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Melbourne, Victoria
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