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Workaday Schooners: The Edward W. Smith Photographs Taken on Narragansett Bay, 1895-1905, Together with Writings and Plans Describing the Designs and Use of Schooners of the Period
by Smith, Edward W., Jr. (compiled by)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0877420122
- ISBN 13
- 9780877420125
- Seller
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About This Item
Camden, Maine, USA: International Marine Publishing Company, 1975. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Smith, Edward Wanton (photography). xv, 196pp w appendix and index of vessels. Illustrated w bw photographs including frontis and half-title. Illustrated endpapers. Red-brown cloth w gold lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean, however previous owner has neatly trimmed top, bottom and fore edges w masking tape (3/8") to guard against edgewear and reinforced backside of the spine and fore edges the same (not visible). Octavo: 230 x 206mm. This volume is a compilation of historical bw photographs of fishing and coasting schooners taken by Edward Wanton Smith (1875-1940), and includes the following articles: The Gloucester Fishing Schooners (Chapelle); The Mackerel Fishery (Goode); New England Coasting Schooner (Morgan) and, About the Big Coasters (Rowland).
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- Title
- Workaday Schooners: The Edward W. Smith Photographs Taken on Narragansett Bay, 1895-1905, Together with Writings and Plans Describing the Designs and Use of Schooners of the Period
- Author
- Smith, Edward W., Jr. (compiled by)
- Illustrator
- Smith, Edward Wanton (photography)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0877420122
- ISBN 13
- 9780877420125
- Publisher
- International Marine Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Camden, Maine, USA
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Schooners -- History. Smith, Edward W. Smith -- Photography. Narragansett Bay -- History -- Pictorial works. The Edward W. Smith Collection (photographs) NOISBN Pictorial, History, Individual Photographer, Photo-essays & Documentaries
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; Railway / Marine / Transport and Transportation;
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