THE LINE OF BATTLE - THE SAILING WARSHIP 1650 - 1840
by Gardiner, Robert (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Edison NJ: Chartwell Books Inc., 2000. Conway's History of the Ship. 200 reprint of the 1992 edition. 208 pages. 10 in x 12 in. Title page illustrated across 2 pages with b/w plate. Lavishly illustrated throughout text with historical plates, detailed drawings, diagrams, charts, tables. Pages v/g condition, clean. White endpapers spotless. Dark blue cloth, gilt title on spine. edges and corners lightly worn/bumped. Lovely pictorial dust jacket illustrated in color on both covers. Edges very lightly owrn. VG/VG+. Hard Cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035900
- Title
- THE LINE OF BATTLE - THE SAILING WARSHIP 1650 - 1840
- Author
- Gardiner, Robert (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Chartwell Books Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Edison NJ
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Sailing, Warships, Ships, Nautical,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
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J. Wyatt Books
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Ottawa, Ontario
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