Flash - Flash - Flash : About Lightships and Lighthouses (Our Changing World)
by Starbuck, Wilson
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Jacket
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Omaha,, Nebraska, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1937. First Edition (NAP). . Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Gram, John. Bound in blue cloth with titles stamped in black. Corresponding 1937 dates to the title and copyright pages; no additional printings. Illustrated with full and partial-page line drawings by John Gram. 70 pages; illustrated endpapers. A story for young people, designed to explain the necessity of coastal lighting devices for ship safety. A volume in the Our Changing World Series. The cloth shows light wear, with the spine darkened (probably a combination of sun and soil). Spine lettering is not affected. Former owner's name and date to the front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Hinges solid; binding square. A sound copy, with foxing on several pages. . Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Friendly Used Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123714
- Title
- Flash - Flash - Flash : About Lightships and Lighthouses (Our Changing World)
- Author
- Starbuck, Wilson
- Illustrator
- Gram, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (NAP).
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- SHIPS SEAFARERS SAFETY BUOYS LIGHTHOUSE LIGHTSHIP COASTAL HARBORS FOG WEATHER
- Bookseller catalogs
- juvenile; Transportation;
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