Pen and Pencil Sketches of Shipping and Craft all around the World
by Pritchett, R.T
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Japan vellum spine and blue bevelled cloth. Fine
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Edward Arnold, 1899. First edition. Illustrated with 53 plates. viii, 214, 32, ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Japan vellum spine and blue bevelled cloth. Fine. First edition. Illustrated with 53 plates. viii, 214, 32, ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Description of 53 sailing ships still using fiber and canvas before the end of the 19th-century from Englanbd and Europe and small boats from America, Borneo etc.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 234130
- Title
- Pen and Pencil Sketches of Shipping and Craft all around the World
- Author
- Pritchett, R.T
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated with 53 plates. viii, 214, 32, ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Japan vellum spine and blue bevelled cloth. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edward Arnold
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Ocean Liners
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