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Tall Ships and Great Captains
by [William Goldman Collection] A. B. C. Whipple
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Minor shelfwear; slight sunning to spine ends and board edges; light toning to endleaves; jacket a bit rubbed, chipped and torn.
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Minor shelfwear; slight sunning to spine ends and board edges; light toning to endleaves; jacket a bit rubbed, chipped and torn. Very good. AYW-297. A. B. C. Whipple. G. A. Little, illustrator. Tall Ships and Great Captains: A Narrative of Famous Sailing Ships Through the Ages and the Courageous Men Who Sailed, Fought or Raced Them Across the Sea. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. First edition.
With occasional ink and pencil annotations and notes by William Goldman, presumably used in research for Goldman's novel The Princess Bride.
Octavo. 216pp (indexed). Illustrated with drawings by G. A. Little. Publisher's blue pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, front cover in blind, original unclipped dust jacket.
With occasional ink and pencil annotations and notes by William Goldman, presumably used in research for Goldman's novel The Princess Bride.
Octavo. 216pp (indexed). Illustrated with drawings by G. A. Little. Publisher's blue pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, front cover in blind, original unclipped dust jacket.
From the library of Oscar-Winning screenwriter and author William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / The Princess Bride / Marathon Man). His personal copy, with official ink-stamp from his estate.
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- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 297
- Title
- Tall Ships and Great Captains
- Author
- [William Goldman Collection] A. B. C. Whipple
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor shelfwear; slight sunning to spine ends and board edges; light toning to endleaves; jacket a bit rubbed, chipped and torn.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- History, Pirates, Princess Bride
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