CORNELL'S SEA PACKET 1942
by Williamson, W. M. (Editor)/Grant, Gordon (Foreword)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ to Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Cornell Maritime Press (1941) 148 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ paper title labels on front cover and spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Corners and spine ends slightly bumped. Edges of leaves lightly age toned. Illust. w/ b/w photos, drawings, and maps. A collection of articles on sailing by Mr. Williamson that appeared, or were scheduled to appear, in the Fair Winds magazine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+ to Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6355
- Title
- CORNELL'S SEA PACKET 1942
- Author
- Williamson, W. M. (Editor)/Grant, Gordon (Foreword)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ to Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cornell Maritime Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- NAUTICAL MARITIME TRANSPORTATION BOATS SAILING SHIPS MINIATURE SQUARE-RIGGED SHIPS RAFT-SHIPS WHALESHIPS CONRAD JOSEPH 1857 1924 MASTER MARINER SEA ANN MCKIM NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ATLANTIC OCEAN NAVAL ART SCIENCE PERIODICALS VOYAGES TRAVELS REFERENCE G
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical; Transportation; Science; Art; Reference; Transportation - Boats;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...