SAILING DAYS ON THE PENOBSCOT, THE RIVER AND BAY AS THEY WERE IN THE OLD DAYS
by Wasson, George S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Marine Research Society, 1932. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good. Salem, MA: Marine Research Society. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover, no jacket. xiv+465pp. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Top edge blue. Ex-library (stickers front and back, card shows no withdrawls). Very Good condition. Blue buckram boards very lightly shelfworn, spine slightly darkened with inked library number. Corners sharp. Gilt titling is bright. Interior is clean and bright, unmarked, square and tightly bound. A history of the Penobscot: navigation, shipbuilding, sailors, smugglers, cargoes, and more. (cfm)
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Details
- Seller
- Parnassus Book Service (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 24044
- Title
- SAILING DAYS ON THE PENOBSCOT, THE RIVER AND BAY AS THEY WERE IN THE OLD DAYS
- Author
- Wasson, George S
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Marine Research Society
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- PENOBSCOT, MAINE, SHIPBUILDING
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Buckram
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- First Edition
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