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The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas
by Sewall, John S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. The author was on the USS Saratoga, a US warship with Admiral Perry's four year expedition to the Far East. Original gray cloth binding with gilt spine and cover lettering and decoration. Top edge gilt. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. No dust jacket, as issued.; B&W Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 291 pages .
Synopsis
A memoir by John Sewall, the captain's clerk aboard the *U.S.S. Saratoga*, on Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19060
- Title
- The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas
- Author
- Sewall, John S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Ships, Japan, Navy, Far East
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
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Traverse City, Michigan
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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....
- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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