The History Of the American Sailing Navy

W. W. Norton & Co, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. First Edition. 558 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs and diagrams. Colour frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards… Read more about this item

New York: Bonanza, 1949. Reprint. HC w DJ. MV VG/Good. Cream/blue quarter cloth, black titling & front illustration, edgewear light, corners knocked & frayed, unmarked, binding sound. Unclipped DJ ($18.50 inked out) heavily edgeworn w nicks/chips, some loss to extremities, rubbed, tape repairs, now in Brodart. Illustrations throughout. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us… Read more about this item

New York: Bonanza Books, (1949). Reprint edition of this important source. See Howes C-290. VG, dj.. 25.5 cm., 558 pp. Color frontispiece and b/w plates.

New York: Bonanza. 1940. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Toning to pages. Chips along upper and lower portions of front and rear panels. Open tear on lower front panel. Open tear on upper and rear panel. Scuffing to spine. Toning to rear panel. Open tear on upper front flap. ; 8vo 8"… Read more about this item

New York: Bonanza Books, 1949. Book. Illus. by Various Artist. Fine. Not Stated.. 1949 edition not stated , Navy blue cloth hardcover in the dust jacket, A 558 page book black & white illustrations . Condition : Fine / DJ is Very Good with chip and some small rips. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Bonanza Books, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Reprint, very good hardcover shows light toning to areas of covers, previous owner name at top of front end paper, bit of soil at page edges, and light foxing at areas of page edges, along spine, and at end papers, in very good dust jacket with ink slash… Read more about this item

New York: Bonanza Books, 196-. The ships and their development. Pp. xxii+[3]-558, coloured frontispiece, 16 black & white plates, numerous text figures & plans, appendix, index; cr. 4to; qr. beige cloth, navy papered boards, lettered and decorated in gilt & navy, small section of bottom edge frayed near lower fore-corner of upper board; price-clipped dust wrapper, worn, with chips… Read more about this item

New York: Konecky & Konecky. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1949. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 1568522223 . Light spotting on page edges. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 558 pages .

New York: Bonanza. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1959. Reprint. Hardcover. This is a quality Bonanza reprint of the W.W. Norton original edition. This book is comprehensive and includes an index and appendix as well as 200 plans and half tones of Navy sailing ships. Arranged by era. There is a little spotting… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Bonanza Books, 1949. Republication. Orig owners name & address in ink inside front. Hardbound. 4to. 133 Pgs.. Nr Fine. The History of The American Sailing Navy: The ships and Their Development by Howard I Chapelle. Published by Bonanza Books, New York, NY, 1949. Republication. Hardbound. No DJ. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). Condition: Nr… Read more about this item

Bonanza, 1970. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Bonanza, 1970. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: W.W. Norton & Co., c1949. 1st edition . Hardcover. Very good condition/good. 558p. illus

New York: Bonanza, 1949. hardcover. very good/very good(-). Extensively illustrated. 552 pages, 4to, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper chipped at spine ends. New York: Bonanza Books, (1949). A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

New York: Bonanza, 1949. hardcover. very good. Extensively illustrated. 552 pages, 4to, cloth; frayed at foot of spine, some play to front hinge. New York: Bonanza Books, (1949). A very good copy.<br/> <br/>

New York: Bonanza Books, 1949. HEAVY. xxii, 558 pages, coloured frontispiece, 200 plans and half-tones, appendix, index. Decorative cloth boards in edge-worn dust-jacket which has some loss at the spine and foot. The author presents a full story of the building of America's sailing Navy from colonial times to the time of the last all-sailing man-of-war, built just prior to… Read more about this item

Konecky & Konecky, 1998-08-20. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Random House Value Publishing. Very Good. Hardcover.VG+/good frayed DJ Previous Owner name inside, Free of any markings and no writing. For Additional Information or pictures, Please Inquire.

Bonanza Books, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine. The book is clean , no marks of any kind . The binding is tight on the large book . The cloth on the boards is fresh . The graphics on the front board and spine are bright . Small chips to dust jacket. Bookplate of previous owner on inside front board.

New York, Bonanza Books [196-]. Hard Cover. xxii, 558 p., 16 halftones, 32 plans, 155 figures in the text; 26 cm. First published 1949. The "Dean of American watercraft historians" treats the design and construction of ships used by the U.S. Navy from the War for Independence through the 1840s. The original edition is Howes C-290. Stock# 36,861. Vg/… Read more about this item