Garden City, NY:Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1928. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Garden City, NY:Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. 1928.  xv+295pp. 1st edition. Illustrated from paintings and drawings by Harry Neyland, and from photographs. Introduction by M. C. C. Crawford. Hardcover.  Blue decorated boards lightly soiled, rubbed, and shelfworn, with a small hole to the front gutter. Page edges soiled and edgepoints gently bumped.  Internally, aside from a smudge to the half title page, pages are clean and bright. The binding is tight and hinges intact.  

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Bookseller: Parnassus Book Service (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 23144
Title: CAP'N GEORGE FRED. HIMSELF
Author: Tilton, Captain George Fred
Format/Binding: Hard cover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Garden City, NY:Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.
Date Published: 1928
Keywords: MARITIME; GEORGE FRED TILTON; WHALING;

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