The History of the American Sailing Navy: The Ships and Their Development
by Chapelle, Howard I
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bonanza. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1959. Reprint. Hardcover. This is a quality Bonanza reprint of the W.W. Norton original edition. This book is comprehensive and includes an index and appendix as well as 200 plans and half tones of Navy sailing ships. Arranged by era. There is a little spotting to the end papers; no interior or exterior markings and the pages are bright. The book is tight and the cover has no significant wear. The dust jacket has has some edge wear and shelfwear, but is still useful. ; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 558 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18650
- Title
- The History of the American Sailing Navy: The Ships and Their Development
- Author
- Chapelle, Howard I
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Bonanza
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- United States, Navy, Sailing Ships
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
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Traverse City, Michigan
About Peninsula Books
Peninsula Books has been providing fine and rare books to collectors, institutions and the book trade since 1980. We have a select general stock of books and specialize in Americana in its many forms. We welcome your inquiries and are always happy to answer any questions about our books. Email is usually the quickest way to have your questions answered.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...