PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN SHIPS, ON THE HIGH SEAS AND INLAND WATERS
by Durant, John and Alice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
Columbus, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: A. S. Barnes. Very Good+. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN SHIPS, ON THE HIGH SEAS AND INLAND WATERS By John and Alice Durant; A. S. Barnes and Company. New York, NY. (1953.) First Edition. This book is hard-bound in blue cloth with a gilt stamped white leather spine held in a slip-case with light scuffing and light soiling/toning. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations, a few in color. This book is a Limited Edition, #40/125, and is Signed by both John and Alice Durant. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hoffman Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 78069
- Title
- PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN SHIPS, ON THE HIGH SEAS AND INLAND WATERS
- Author
- Durant, John and Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. S. Barnes
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Ships, Signed Limited Edition, History American Ships, Pictorial Work
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Good+
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- 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....
- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...