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MARITIME HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS 1783-1860

by Morison, Samuel Eliot

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  • Hardcover
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About This Item

Boston/Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press (1941) 422 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Spine ends and bottom corner of rear cover bumped. Modest rubbing to corners. Approx. 1/2" closed tear to top margin of several leaves, not affecting any text. Edges of leaves lightly age toned. DJ has wear and chipping to edges. Illust. w/ b/w plates.. Hard Cover. Good+ to Very Good-/Good+. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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From jacket: "Here is the first adequate account of the seafarers of the Old Bay State..."

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Bookseller
Shoemaker Booksellers US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
6360
Title
MARITIME HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS 1783-1860
Author
Morison, Samuel Eliot
Illustrator
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good+ to Very Good-
Jacket Condition
Good+
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press
Place of Publication
Boston/Cambridge
Keywords
NAUTICAL HISTORY MARITIME MASSACHUSETTS STATE HISTORY MA OLD BAY STATE 1783 1860 COMMERCE REVOLUTION RECONSTRUCTION PIONEERS PACIFIC NORTHWEST FUR TRADE INDUSTRY BUSINESS ECONOMICS ECONOMY CANTON MARKET SALEM EAST INDIES SHIPS SEAMEN MERCHANTS MANSIONS SA
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Nautical; Industry; Economics;
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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....
Good+
A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Chipping
A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...

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