Coasting Schooner: The Four-Masted Albert F. Paul
by Burgess, Robert H
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0917376315
- ISBN 13
- 9780917376313
- Seller
-
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Charlottesville, Va, USA / Newport News, Va, USA: University Press of Virginia / The Mariners Museum, 1978. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxii, 269pp w appendices and index. Illus. w historical bw photos and drawings. Red endpapers. Navy blue cloth w crisp fine gold lettering on spine. No edgewear, light bumping to head and tail. Binding square and sound. Full-wrap illustrated DJ shows light handling, no edgewear, sunning to spine. DJ is evenly 7mm shorter than boards and does not appear to have been cut or trimmed. DJ preserved in archival cover. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045039
- Title
- Coasting Schooner: The Four-Masted Albert F. Paul
- Author
- Burgess, Robert H
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0917376315
- ISBN 13
- 9780917376313
- Publisher
- University Press of Virginia / The Mariners Museum
- Place of Publication
- Charlottesville, Va, USA / Newport News, Va, USA
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Albert F. Paul (Schooner) Coastwise shipping -- North America -- History. Coastwise shipping. NOISBN The Mariners Museum, Newport News, Va. History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Railway / Marine / Transport and Transportation;
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Fine
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- Spine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...