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Lectures on Modern Seamanship
by The Department of Seamanship
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Catawissa, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Van Norstrand Company, 1919. First Edition. Good copy. No jacket. In black cloth covers with gilt lettring on front cover and spine. Intact but loose binding. Unmarked endappers. Fraying of ends of spine and corners. White stains on covers. Heavy shelf rubbing. Between pages 88 and 89, on what were blank pages, is an eight-page diary of activities written in pencil. For example, Wed. May 1 6-8 Swabed Boot Deck.,9-12, Spliced cargo slings, etc. Pictures upon request. Thank you for your patronage.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaker House Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002165
- Title
- Lectures on Modern Seamanship
- Author
- The Department of Seamanship
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- D. Van Norstrand Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1919
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- SEAMANSHIP
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sea;
Terms of Sale
Quaker House Books
Items must be returned within ten days of sale for a full refund if not satisfied.
About the Seller
Quaker House Books
Biblio member since 2006
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
About Quaker House Books
My book holdings are eclectic in nature.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
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