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[Manuscript letter to G.F. Andrews, detailing an 1876 shipwreck off the coast of Nantucket]
by (Nantucket Shipwreck) [Snow, Charles]
- Used
- Condition
- Light fold lines, small tears along vertical fold line. Very good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Nantucket, Ma, 1891. [4]pp. on a single folded sheet. 1 vols. Light fold lines, small tears along vertical fold line. Very good. [4]pp. on a single folded sheet. 1 vols. Snow writes in detail of the sinking of the boat and the subsequent rescue effort. Included is a list of names of those saved and by whom. A charming piece of real-life Nantucket romance. Eberstadt 132:497
Details
- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 313258
- Title
- [Manuscript letter to G.F. Andrews, detailing an 1876 shipwreck off the coast of Nantucket]
- Author
- (Nantucket Shipwreck) [Snow, Charles]
- Format/Binding
- [4]pp. on a single folded sheet. 1 vols
- Book Condition
- Used - Light fold lines, small tears along vertical fold line. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Nantucket, Ma
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- Shipwrecks
- Bookseller catalogs
- History, Travel & Geography;
Terms of Sale
James Cummins Bookseller
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.
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