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*The Fighting Ship of the Royal Navy, 897-1984
by Archibald, E.H.H. & Ray Woodward
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0517633329
- ISBN 13
- 9780517633328
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Military Press. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1987. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 0517633329 . Blue cloth boards show some shelfwear, DJ has some soiling and discoloration, tears and chipping with 1" piece missing from top of spine. Price-clipped, FFEP has glue marks where a previous owner's book plate was removed. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W and Colour Illustrations; 17.10 X 14 X 2 inches; 416 pages; A very complete illustrated history of the British Navy, from the early wooden vessels of the 9th century, up to the modern-era dreadnaughts and submarines. Colour illustrations of flags and pendants used over the centuries is included in an appendix. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17182
- Title
- *The Fighting Ship of the Royal Navy, 897-1984
- Author
- Archibald, E.H.H. & Ray Woodward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0517633329
- ISBN 13
- 9780517633328
- Publisher
- Military Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- 0517633329, dreadnoughts, barks, Ship of the line, barques, submarines
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria; MARITIME; Militaria / Naval;
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
Glossary
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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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
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