Of Whales and Women: One Man's View of Nantucket History
by Gilbreth, Frank B., Jr.; Illustrated by Donald McKay
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1956 First Printing in original $3.50-priced dust jacket, no text markings, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages clean & unfoxed, bright illustrated jacket shows slight darkening to spine with very slight chipping to spine ends, neat name/date to front pastedown (under jacket flap), else Fine First Printing copy in excellent bright jacket of this humorous account of the Gilbreths in Nantucket by the co-author of Cheaper by the Dozen - becoming quite scarce (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; (x) 237pp illus. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+.
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- Bookseller
- Nighttown Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32768
- Title
- Of Whales and Women: One Man's View of Nantucket History
- Author
- Gilbreth, Frank B., Jr.; Illustrated by Donald McKay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Gilbreth, Frank B., Jr.; Illustrated by Donald McKay Of Whales and Women: One Man's View of Nantucket History
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- First Edition
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- Chipping
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- Spine
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- Tight
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- Jacket
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- Good+
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