YANKEE SAILS TO CHINA: An American Adventure.
by Maloy, Lois
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in blue cloth in a good dust jacket (a few small chips, overall edgewear to the dj, original price of $2.00 still pres/blue cloth in a good
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1943.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in blue cloth in a good dust jacket (a few small chips, overall edgewear to the dj, original price of $2.00 still present) .. First printing. "Daniel and Deborah were the children of a sea captain, and by accident they went on a Clipper ship to China." An enjoyable and rather hard to find book which explains the China trade and sailing to older children. Published during World War II, this also served to introduce China, our ally then, in a friendly way. Illustrated by the author. Bibliography. 210 pp. Map endpapers.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60426
- Title
- YANKEE SAILS TO CHINA: An American Adventure.
- Author
- Maloy, Lois
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in blue cloth in a good dust jacket (a few small chips, overall edgewear to the dj, original price of $2.00 still pres
- Jacket Condition
- blue cloth in a good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1943.
- Keywords
- clipper ship, china trade, seafaring,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's and Illustrated;
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