New York:George Sully & Company, nd, ca:1924. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. The story of the square-rigged merchant marine of British North America, the ships, their builders and owners, and the men who sailed them. New York:George Sully & Company. nd, ca:1924.  xviii+337pp.  Illustrated.  Hardcover.  Blue boards with title in gilt on spine are lightly soiled and shelfworn, with wear along edges, spine ends and edge points. Page edges soiled. Internally, end pages are foxed, with additional foxing scattered throughout (but heaviest at first and last pages), but free of previous owners marks or signatures. There is a small bookseller's ticket at the bottom edge of the inside-rear board. The binding is tight with hinges intact.  

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Bookseller: Parnassus Book Service (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 25980
Title: WOODEN SHIPS AND IRON MEN.
Author: Wallace, Frederick William
Format/Binding: Hard cover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York:George Sully & Company
Date Published: nd, ca:1924
Keywords: MERCHANT SAIL, CANADA, HISTORY, MARITIME

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ND: no publisher's date given
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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....
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...