The Merchant Schooners
by Greenhill, Basil
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0870214276
- ISBN 13
- 9780870214271
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
[Annapolis]: Naval Institute Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0870214276 . "...the story of the small fore-and-aft rigged merchant sailing ships of England and Wales i the years from 1780 to 1940." Contains an index and nine appendicies in the rear. Original maroon cloth publisher's covers with gilt spine lettering. There is a small, short Christmas note on the upper corner of the front free end paper, else this is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names and no bookplates. The dust jacket has small tear to the bottom edge and a small tear and crease at the top of the rear panel, else it is in clean, unmarked condition. ; B&W Photos & Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 310 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20952
- Title
- The Merchant Schooners
- Author
- Greenhill, Basil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0870214276
- ISBN 13
- 9780870214271
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- [Annapolis]
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- 0870214276, Sailing Ships, Merchant Ships, England, Wales, Shipping History
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
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Traverse City, Michigan
About Peninsula Books
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- Spine
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- 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...