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SHIPWRECKS ON THE CHESAPEAKE: Maritime Disasters on Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries, 1608-1978
by Shomette, Donald G
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 087033283X
- ISBN 13
- 9780870332838
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers (1982) 324 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on black cloth spine. Binding very bright and clean. Previous owner's address label on front and rear endpapers. DJ has modest edge wear. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24947MD
- Title
- SHIPWRECKS ON THE CHESAPEAKE: Maritime Disasters on Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries, 1608-1978
- Author
- Shomette, Donald G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 087033283X
- ISBN 13
- 9780870332838
- Publisher
- Tidewater Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Centreville, MD
- This edition first published
- 1982
- Keywords
- AMERICANA MARYLAND STATE HISTORY MD DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL VIRGINIA VA CHESAPEAKE BAY NAUTICAL HISTORY MARITIME DISASTERS SHIPWRECKS 1608 1978 AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED DRAWINGS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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