An Account of the Construction, and Embellishment of Old Time Ships
by Stevens, John R
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Toronto: Privately Printed, 1949. Limited ed. Spiral_bound. Very Good. One of 500 numbered copies only, this being No. 328. Oblong quarto sized volume, spiral bound in black card wrappers lettered in gilt. ix+176 pp. plus section of 39 black and white photographic plates at rear. Appendices include "the Principal Dimensions and Scantlings" from the 1789 "Shipbuilders Repository", extracts from Sutherland's 1717 "Shipbuilding Unveil'd", Griffith's 1854 "Treatise on Marine and Naval Architecture" . Illustrated with drawings and diagrams. A tight example, internally clean, Plate 25 loose but present. The words "Old Time Ships" are wriiten in black on the fore edge of the text block.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E12140
- Title
- An Account of the Construction, and Embellishment of Old Time Ships
- Author
- Stevens, John R
- Format/Binding
- Spiral_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited ed
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- nautical, ships, boats, shipbuilding, models, model ships, antiques
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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