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Hengelo: N.V. Uitgeversmij "De Esch, 1945. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. See photos for condition details. Tall hardcover, tannish gray paper covered boards with gray cloth to spine. This is the original edition with a smaller ship on the front board, not a newer printing. No publication date listed though the index of other ships in the back of the book do not show any years higher than 1944 (est. 1945). Exterior is tanned and spotted with soiling present. Interior front hinge is good and binding is good for text pages but the hinge at the rear board is rather ugly and wide-open. No signatures or bookplates present, no library markings. Pages are tone due to age and foxing/spotting is present. Rear of book contains three illustration inserts, one of them being a very large foldout drawing. One of the smaller illustrations is tattered along the bottom edge.