The Cruise of the Whaler Dorado to Scammon Lagoon, Being the Log Kept by Chas. A. Langlais of the Round-Trip Voyage from the Harbor of Wilmington, California to Scammon Lagoon in Baja California, February 2 to 13, 1956.
by Charles A Langlais
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- Hardcover
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- first
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco, CA Privately Printed, 1956. Hardcover First Edition, unstated. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR ("Greetings to my favorite Pilot Johnny Martin"). First Edition, unstated. Very Good+: shows very light wear to the extremities and the mildest rubbing. Binding square and secure; text clean. Remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Large Format 4to. 30pp. Illustrated with duotone photographs and a drawing. Full-Color Frontispiece Photograph of the Dorado. Endpaper Nautical Maps. Beige Buckram over boards. Hardback: Lacks DJ. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR.
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- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
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- Title
- The Cruise of the Whaler Dorado to Scammon Lagoon, Being the Log Kept by Chas. A. Langlais of the Round-Trip Voyage from the Harbor of Wilmington, California to Scammon Lagoon in Baja California, February 2 to 13, 1956.
- Author
- Charles A Langlais
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, unstated.
- Publisher
- Privately Printed,
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, CA
- Date Published
- 1956.
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Adventure; Sailing; Sailing and Nautical; Nautical;
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