Wildcat Furs to China: The Cruise of the Sloop Experiment
by Carl Carmer
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. 2nd pr.. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Elizabeth Black Carmer. Hardcover, blue cloth covers. The story of the 60 foot sloop "Elizabeth", the first 'single-sticker' ever to sail from New York to Canton, told through the eyes of two young boys hired on as cabin boys just before she sailed. The book recounts a real historical event and uses all the characters' real names. Five colored two page illustrations, including the title page, and black and white chapter headings by Elizabeth Black Carmer. Spine cloth faded. Record # 380646
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- Bookseller
- Browsing Is Arousing (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 380646
- Title
- Wildcat Furs to China: The Cruise of the Sloop Experiment
- Author
- Carl Carmer
- Illustrator
- Elizabeth Black Carmer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- 2nd pr.
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Children's Illustrated, Illustrated, Elizabeth Black Carmer, .
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Illustrated;
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