WOODEN WALLS IN ACTION
by Bowen, Frank C
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London/New York: Halton & Company Limited, (1951).. (1951).. Good. - Small quarto [9-7/8 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped with the head & tail of the spine slightly chipped. There are 2 tiny gray marks to the front cover. The dust jacket is chipped & lightly soiled with small pieces out. The jacket spine is darkened with tears to the head & tail. viii & 144 pages. Illustrated with 4 color plates, including a frontispiece, & with numerous full-page black-and-white illustrations. The owners' names & a date are penned on the front endpaper. There is a small stain to page vi. Very good in a fair dust wrapper. <p>First edition.<p>A book about naval battles fought by wooden ships from the Battle of Sluys in 1340 to the 1866 engagement at Lissa, the last naval action in which wooden walls took part.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22302
- Title
- WOODEN WALLS IN ACTION
- Author
- Bowen, Frank C
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London/New York: Halton & Company Limited, (1951).
- Date Published
- (1951).
- Keywords
- NAVAL & MARITIME; NAVAL BATTLES; NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS; NAVAL HISTORY; SAILING SHIPS; WOODEN HULLS; WOODEN WALLS IN ACTION; FRANK C. BOWEN; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Naval & Maritime;
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fair
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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