The Ship Model Builder's Assistant
by Davis, Charles G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Salem, Mass.: Marine Research Society, 1926. First Edition. First printing Good- in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth on the spine is well faded and rubbed at the extremes. The front and rear hinges are cracked and the binding is shaken. Without its issued dust jacket . 275 pages containing an index, appendices, text and drawings throughout to provide a very detailed reference source for rigging and on-deck features. The twelfth volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB22559
- Title
- The Ship Model Builder's Assistant
- Author
- Davis, Charles G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Marine Research Society
- Place of Publication
- Salem, Mass.
- Date Published
- 1926
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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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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....
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
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