Posted Missing: The Story of Ships Lost without Trace in Recent Years
by Alan Villiers
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG- (Very Good Minus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Buffalo, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956. 1st US Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Samuel Bryant. 1st US printing with "A" to copyright page. Sage green cloth covered boards with minor edgewear and soil, tiny tears to upper spine end cloth, and slightly bumped spine ends and corners. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned. Map endpapers, and b/w photos and drawings. "Christmas 1956" in pen to half-title. No previous owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. "This is the factual story of the many vessels, large and small, which have been posted missing at Lloyd's in London or have otherwise become untraced vessels during recent years.".
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- Bookseller
- Albion Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001034
- Title
- Posted Missing: The Story of Ships Lost without Trace in Recent Years
- Author
- Alan Villiers
- Illustrator
- Samuel Bryant
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- (Very Good Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st US Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Pages
- 310
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Albion Books
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Buffalo, New York
About Albion Books
Albion Books deals in fine used, out of print and rare books on a wide variety of topics. Specialties include Buffalo/New York history, science, religion, occult, and foreign language. The proprietor has been in the antiquarian book business since 2006.
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