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The Last of the Windjammers in Two Volumes.
by Lubbock, Basil
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- good to very good
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., 1963, 1960. Hardcover. good to very good. reprint. [xiv], 518, [xv] 448pp. Two Volumes. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and slight bumping/wear to corners and spine. Maps on endpapers. Both with B/W frontispiece. B/W plates and fold-out maps throughout. Volume 1 with pictoral dust jacket with minor chipping at top of spine. Volume II no dust jacket. Generally a fine bright set. good to very good Volume I in three parts: life and personnel in sail, with a chapter on the history of Cape Horn; vessels in the big sailing ship trades; and smaller ships while Volume II deals with the period 1888-1928. A classic study. 1963
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 129491
- Title
- The Last of the Windjammers in Two Volumes.
- Author
- Lubbock, Basil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - good to very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1963, 1960
- Keywords
- Clippers|Maritime
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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