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Seattle: Marine Digest Publishing, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. b/w Illustration. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In pictorial jacket over blue cloth, 8vo, 356pp. Illustrated. Signed and Inscribed By Author on blank preliminary page: "To My Friend Robert D. Todd, The author R. H. Calkins - Seattle Aug. 5, 1954". (shelfwear, rubbing and small nicks/short tears to jacket extremities - now in new mylar protector).
High Tide by R. H. Calkins - 1952
by R. H. Calkins
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High Tide
by R. H. Calkins
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Seattle, WA: Marine Digest Publishing , 1952. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This book is clean, tight, square with pretty good corners (lowers lightly bumped) and unmarked in a very good dust jacket in mylar. It is lightly rubbed. The dust jacket has edge wear with chips at the spine top. It has 323, bright, clear pages illustrated with black & white drawings and a section of black & white photos bound in blue cloth covered boards with gold titles on the spine and front. The author has signed the title page.
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- Jacket Condition Very Good
- Edition First Edition First Printing
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Marine Digest Publishing
- Place of Publication Seattle, WA
- Date Published 1952
- Size 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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High tide: The drama and tragedy of Seattle's waterfront, produced as a permanent record of the men and ships the author has known during many years as a waterfront Newsman
by R. H. Calkins
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High tide: The drama and tragedy of Seattle's waterfront, produced as a permanent record of the men and ships the author has known during many years as a waterfront newsman
by Calkins, R. H
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Marine Digest Pub. Co, 1952. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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High Tide
by Calkins, R.H
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Austin, Minnesota, United States
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Marine Digest, 1952. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). Previous owner name. Chips and tears to jacket..
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High Tide -- The Drama and Tragedy of Seattle's Waterfront Produced as a Permanent Record of the Men and Ships the Author Has Known During Many Years as a Waterfront Newsman
by CALKINS, R. H
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Seattle: The Marine Digest Publishing Co., Inc, 1952. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good+. 8vo. (6 1/2" x 9 1/2"). 356pp. Appendix. Illustrated with b&w drawings of old ships of sail and steam. Thirty pages of b&w photo reproductions in rear. Index. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Former owner's address label on front pastedown. Book was owned by a noted ship captain and his wife; minimal marginalia indicates his activity. The ship captain's business card is laid in. Some edge wear to jacket, else Fine. Chapters cover subjects as varied as "Sailing Ship Days on Puget Sound;" "Seattle Ship First Through Panama Canal;" "Seattle's Historic Black Ball Line" (the predecessor of today's Washington State Ferry Service and former operator of the Kalakala); and, our favorite, "Death Ship of the Pacific" -- an account of the "Ryoei Maru," a Japanese motor-sail vessel that washed ashore on the Vancouver Island coast, occupied only by the parched corpses of the crew. The dust…
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HIGH TIDE : Stories of Seattle's Waterfront
by Calkins, R.H.(Skipper)
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Simi Valley, California, United States
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Marine Digest Seattle 1952, 1952-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . SIGNED by the author. Inscribed. First edition. Minor wear and tear to the jacket. Pages are tanning.
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High Tide - The Big Stories of Seattle's Waterfront
by Calkins, R.H. (Skipper)
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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USA: The Marine Digest Publishing Co., Inc., 1952. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 356 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. The drama and tragedy of Seattle's waterfront produced as a permanent record of the men and ships the author has known during many years as a waterfront newsman. Average wear. Unmarked..
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