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Merchant Sail. by Fairburn, William Armstrong - (1945-55)

by Fairburn, William Armstrong

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Merchant Sail. by Fairburn, William Armstrong - (1945-55)

Merchant Sail.

by Fairburn, William Armstrong

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Center Lovell, ME, (1945-55). 6 vols. various paginations.

The best single source for information on American merchant sail. Thousands of pages of narrative histories and lists of vessels, builders, shipping lines, etc. This is the First Edition of a a set we reprinted some years ago. The reprint is now out of print. Copies of this first edition have sold for upwards of $3000. Bound in blue buckram with gilt lettering. Very good condition.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores US (US)
  • Book Condition Used
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  • Binding Hardcover
  • Place of Publication Center Lovell, ME
  • Date Published (1945-55)
  • Keywords Nautical, Maritime, Ship Registers

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Merchant Sail - Index of Vessels Reprinted from Vol VI Includes Appendices I-III, Index of Vessels, and General Index

by Fairburn, William Armstrong, Ed. by Ethel M. Ritchie

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Center Lovell, ME: Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation, Inc.. F/NONE. 1945-1955. First Edition. Fine reprint ; This includes Appendices I-III and the Index of Vessels (pps 3997- 4179 of Volume VI) . Important research tool. ; First; Softcover; 4to; No DJ .
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Merchant Sail - Vol. V : United States Wood Shipbuilders and Shipbuilding Centers During the Days of the Young Republic and

by Fairburn, William Armstrong

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Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation, 1955. Hardcover. . Excellent condition./No dust jacket, as issued. . Book is as described - NO defects or marks of any kind. A very nice copy.
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Merchant Sail [Volume 6 only]

by Fairburn, William Armstrong (author); Ethel M. Ritchie (editor)

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Center Lovell, ME: Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation, Inc., 1955. Hardcover. Volume 6. Appendixes, Index of Vessels, General Index. Ex-library copy with usual labels and stamps. Very Good book in black cloth with gilt lettering stamped to spine and front cover (binding square and tight, no markings to text) / No dust jacket. A clean, solid copy.
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Merchant Sail

by Fairburn, William Armstrong

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Used - Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-li
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation, 1945. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-li. Vols. 4-6 arr. and edited by Ethel M. Ritchie. Bibliography (v. 6, p. 3987-3994). --Index of vessels.
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Merchant Sail

by Fairburn, William Armstrong

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Menifee, California, United States
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Fairburn Marine, 1945. hardcover. Like New/Good. 0x0x0. 1945-1955 Fairburn Marine (Center Lovell, Maine), six 8 x 11 inches tall x 2 inches thick embossed blue cloth hardcover volumes in publisher's original plain brown paper dust jackets with spine cutouts, index, xix, 4179 pp. The original Fairburn issue, not one of the facsimile reprint editions. A near fine set - clean, bright and unmarked - in rubbed and edgeworn original brown paper dust jackets, with Japanese tissue repairs to dust jacket spine tears on Volumes 1 and 3. Uncommon in such fine condition, especially with original jackets. Note that this is a very heavy and oversized set, so additional postage will be required for all orders, at our exact postage cost. ~RCL~ [26.0P] The classic history of ship-building and merchant marine activities in the United States, tracing activities from the time of the American colonies forward, written by American writer, naval architect, marine engineer, industrial executive and chemist William… Read More
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