Washington DC; Camden NJ: Smithsonian Institution Press; International Marine Publishing Company, 1976. Second Edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto; VG-/G+; black spine with white text; second edition; dust jacket has slight exterior wear; some chips to edges; cloth shows mild exterior wear; strong boards; textblock exterior edges have light tone; slightly shaken binding; partial bookplate remnants to front pastedown; interior clean; illustrated; pp 399. 1348389. FP New Rockville Stock.

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Bookseller: Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1348389
Title: The National Watercraft Collection
Author: Chapelle, Howard I
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Second Edition
ISBN 10: 0877420602
ISBN 13: 9780877420606
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press; International Marine Publishing Company
Place of Publication: Washington DC; Camden NJ
Date Published: 1976

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Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Shaken: A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...