Denny List, The - Parts I to IV
by Lyon, David John
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good to Very Good-
- Seller
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Greenwich, London: National Maritime Museum, 1975. Soft cover. Good to Very Good-. A four-volume set, listing 1505 ships made by William Denny & Brothers of Dumbarton, one of the "most interesting and important of British shipbuilding firms." This work is intended as an extended catalogue and guide to the material in the National Maritime Museum's Denny Collection. Four soft cover catalogues, each a different colour, black titling, black and white illustrations throughout, 1006 pages plus 100 pages of appendices, index, etc. Covers have shelf wear, light edge wear, spines are lightly sunned, text block edges slightly darkened, occasional pale marks or smudges on covers, Part I has a 3" closed tear to front cover at lower spine end, a small pale stain on lower front cover, pages 49 to 70 are detached and there are instances of underlining and marginalia to some of these detached pages, Parts I & II have occasions of cracked spine with associated lenghtwise creases to spine covers. Generally books are clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Black Sheep Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015690
- Title
- Denny List, The - Parts I to IV
- Author
- Lyon, David John
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- National Maritime Museum
- Place of Publication
- Greenwich, London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- MARINE, MARITIME, SHIPS, U.K., REFERENCE, SHIPS LIST, CATALOGUE, SHIPBUILDING,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maritime;
Terms of Sale
Black Sheep Books
Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
About the Seller
Black Sheep Books
Biblio member since 2004
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
About Black Sheep Books
We are an independent, locally-owned shop dedicated to books and the people who love them. Here you will find two floors packed with volumes of enduring value, including familiar favourites, contemporary fiction, guides, books of local interest, and non-fiction titles covering everything from outer space to inner peace. We also have marine charts, art cards, unique prints, hand-crafted bags, and many other intriguing items. Located at Grace Point Square in the Village of Ganges, close to marinas and Salt Spring\'s renowned Saturday Market, we are open every day except Christmas and New Year\'s. If you want to pick-up a book you saw online, please call or e-mail ahead as many of our listings are kept in a separate storage facility.
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- Cracked
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- Sunned
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- 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....
- Marginalia
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- Edges
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- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.