Shipwrecks in New York Waters: A Chronology of Ship Disasters from Montauk Point to Barnegat Inlet from the 1880's to the 1930's
by Morris, Paul C.; Quinn, William P
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0940160447
- ISBN 13
- 9780940160446
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Orleans, Massachusetts: Parnassus Imprints, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Hardcover, large format folio bound in blue cloth and publisher's price-clipped dust-jacket. 246 pages. Bibliography. Appendix: Chronological List of Total Wrecks in New York Waters (containing name of ship, date lost, tonnage and location). Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. Stated first edition. A history of maritime accidents the port of New York, extending to Long Island and New Jersey. Incidents include groundings, collisions, fires and sinkings. No previous ownership marks. Some foxing to top edge from dust and foxing to blank verso of jacket along top edge. Else a clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good in a very good dust-jacket. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018464
- Title
- Shipwrecks in New York Waters: A Chronology of Ship Disasters from Montauk Point to Barnegat Inlet from the 1880's to the 1930's
- Author
- Morris, Paul C.; Quinn, William P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0940160447
- ISBN 13
- 9780940160446
- Publisher
- Parnassus Imprints
- Place of Publication
- Orleans, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Maritime History - New York, Shipwrecks
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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