Sloops & Shallops
by William A. Baker
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0872495388
- ISBN 13
- 9780872495388
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
University of Soth Carolina Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book traces the development of shallops along the Atlantic seaboard and Chesapeake Bay, illustrated with sketches of various tyoes of sloops and shallops along with line drawings of hull forms. Book: Fine, black boards with bright gilt titles on spine, never read conditon, tight and square with sharp corners, NO previous owner bookplate or writing. Jacket: Fine, jacket ultra clean, black and blue titles with illustration of shallop on front panel. Very presentable fine copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000136
- Title
- Sloops & Shallops
- Author
- William A. Baker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0872495388
- ISBN 13
- 9780872495388
- Publisher
- University of Soth Carolina Press
- Place of Publication
- Columbia, South Carolina, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Boats, Shallops, Chesapeake Bay
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
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About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Tight
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- Jacket
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- Bookplate
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- Fine
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