Sailing Ships and their Story. New edition, with an additional chapter.
by CHATTERTON, E. KEBLE:
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1923. Coloured frontispiece, folding plates, 8vo (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches), 380-pages.Contemporary half dark blue calf, spine decoratively blocked in gilt in compartments with burgundy lettering piece, all edges marbled. Gilt Admiralty crest on upper cover and Admiralty prize label on front pastedown. The binding by Thomas de la Rue & Co. London, with their ticket. In excellent condition and attractive on the shelf.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bristow and Garland (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19873
- Title
- Sailing Ships and their Story. New edition, with an additional chapter.
- Author
- CHATTERTON, E. KEBLE:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1923.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maritime;
Terms of Sale
Bristow and Garland
Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt if found not as described.
About the Seller
Bristow and Garland
Biblio member since 2005
Shaftesbury, Dorset
About Bristow and Garland
Long established antiquarian & secondhand booksellers and dealers in autographs and manuscripts.
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