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There Go the Ships: The Story of the American Merchant Marine at War
by Carse, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Garden City, NY, USA: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1943. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Grant, Gordon. 156pp. Twelve indexed, full-page illustrations. Deckle fore edge. Med blue boards w black figure on cover, black lettering on spine. Bottom edges darkened. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ shows light soiling commensurate w age and handling, shallow chip to head. DJ preserved now in archival cover. Small octavo. First published by William Morrow, 1942.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044329
- Title
- There Go the Ships: The Story of the American Merchant Marine at War
- Author
- Carse, Robert
- Illustrator
- Grant, Gordon
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY, USA
- Date Published
- 1943
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations. World War, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives, American. Merchant marine - United States. NOISBN World War II, Naval
- Bookseller catalogs
- War and Military; Edgington Sea Collection;
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Post Horizon Booksellers
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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- Cloth
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- Fore Edge
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