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For Want of Trade : Shipping and the New Jersey Ports, 1680-1783
by Levitt, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good EX-LIBRARY/Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0911020039
- ISBN 13
- 9780911020038
- Seller
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About This Item
Newark: New Jersey Historical Society, 1981. Very Good EX-LIBRARY in a Very Good dust jacket (spine of DJ is mildly sunned. Taped to cover. Brodart-protected. NO chips. NO tears). Bound in the original rust-color cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. Sharp corners. "WITHDRAWN" stamp and a few other typical library markings. Pages are clean. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. The Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society, Volume 17. Illustrated with a few maps and prints. Seven major sections, as follows: 1) The Colony of New Jersey; 2) Evolution of the Ports; 3) Port Administration; 4) Patterns of Trade; 5) Vessels, Crews, and Cargos; 6) Merchant-Shippers; 7) Dark and Dismal Days; + Conclusion. Appendices: Compilations from Maritime Records. 12 tables (developed from the customs and naval officers records). List of chapter notes/sources. Bibliographical note. Index. Keywords: New Jersey Shipping. Harbors. Commerce. Economic History. . First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xii, 224pp.
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- Seller's Inventory #
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- Title
- For Want of Trade : Shipping and the New Jersey Ports, 1680-1783
- Author
- Levitt, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good EX-LIBRARY
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0911020039
- ISBN 13
- 9780911020038
- Publisher
- New Jersey Historical Society
- Place of Publication
- Newark
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- New Jersey Shipping. Harbors. Commerce. Economic History.
- Bookseller catalogs
- New Jersey History; Transportation / Railroads / Ships / Maritime;
- Size
- 8vo. xii, 224pp
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