The Canadian Pacific Quadruple-Screw Liner Empress of Britain (Ocean Liners of the Past)
- Used
- Condition
- VG (DJ is slightly aged, inside and out; otherwise quite nice.)
- ISBN 10
- 0821204785
- ISBN 13
- 9780821204788
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1972. Hardbound. VG (DJ is slightly aged, inside and out; otherwise quite nice.). Yellow cloth boards with brown cloth spine, white & illus. dust jacket,144 pp. followed by a final folding plate, profusely illustrated in bw with several other folding plates. "No 4 in a series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder'," first published in 1931 on the occasion of the ship's maiden voyage. A beautiful ship she was, and all you might want to know about her is likely in this book, from her conception to her untimely demise at the hands of a German submarine.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 146407
- Title
- The Canadian Pacific Quadruple-Screw Liner Empress of Britain (Ocean Liners of the Past)
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - VG (DJ is slightly aged, inside and out; otherwise quite nice.)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0821204785
- ISBN 13
- 9780821204788
- Publisher
- New York Graphic Society
- Place of Publication
- Greenwich, CT
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Transportation ; Ships ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- VG
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