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When Horses Walked on Water Horse-Powered Ferries in Nineteenth-Century America
by Crisman, Kevin J. & Arthur B. Cohn
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1560988436
- ISBN 13
- 9781560988434
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
Smithsonian. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's cloth. First edition inscribed to the half title page by Crisman, with his doodle and laid in business card, also signed. Two tipped-in photos opposite signature. Else fine in sunned DJ in mylar. ; 6.5 X 1 X 9.75 inches; 292 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44707
- Title
- When Horses Walked on Water Horse-Powered Ferries in Nineteenth-Century America
- Author
- Crisman, Kevin J. & Arthur B. Cohn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1560988436
- ISBN 13
- 9781560988434
- Publisher
- Smithsonian
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1998
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- First Edition
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- Half Title
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Inscribed
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