Winston-Salem, NC: J. F. Blair, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 211 pages. Hardcover in pink, orange and black illustrated dust jacket. DJ has some wrinkling on rear cover, a small chip missing at top left of front cover, as well as general rubbing. Spine is a little sunned. Jacket flaps are foxed. Not price clipped. Edges of text block are foxed. Text is clean. Signed on the front flyleaf by North Carolina historian Lindley Butler.

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Bookseller: Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 045903
Title: Cruise of the Snap Dragon
Author: Barbour, Ruth P
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 091024488X
ISBN 13: 9780910244886
Publisher: J. F. Blair
Place of Publication: Winston-Salem, NC
Date Published: 1976
Keywords: 1976; Ruth P. Barbour; Maritime; North Carolina; Literature; Lindley Butler.
Bookseller catalogs: North Carolina; Literature & Fiction; Maritime;

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Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.

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