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The Fairmile 'D' Motor Torpedo Boat (Anatomy of the Ship)
by Lambert, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0851773214
- ISBN 13
- 9780851773216
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Conway Maritime Press Ltd, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Oblong. N/a. 120pp. 1985. First edition. 4to. oblong sized. A very good plus, clean, tight copy in a very good jacket. Part of the very popular Anatomy of the Ship series. Original publisher's grey boards - gilt embossed to the spine. The text supported by numerous photographic reproductions and line drawings. No inscriptions. Slight uniform fading to the spine of the book - concealed by the jacket and a strip of light fading to the front board running along the joint edge. The jacket has not been price-clipped - it too has some uniform fading to the spine - the title in blue remains very legible (though its colour has faded too). Slight rubbing to the jacket at the head of the spine and to a couple of jacket corners. An open nick to the jacket at the head of the front panel on the joint. The jacket has some light or slight shelf wear. A light crease to the upper corner of the front flap. A very good plus, clean, tight copy in very good jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 239417
- Title
- The Fairmile 'D' Motor Torpedo Boat (Anatomy of the Ship)
- Author
- Lambert, John
- Illustrator
- N/a
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0851773214
- ISBN 13
- 9780851773216
- Publisher
- Conway Maritime Press Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾"
- X weight
- 26 oz
Terms of Sale
Trumpington Fine Books Limited
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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