Admiral Number One: Some Incidents in the Life of Esek Hopkins, 1718-1802, First Admiral of the Continental Navy
by Charles H. Miller
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Rochester, New York, United States
Item Price
€25.24€20.20
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About This Item
New York: The William-Frederick Press, 1962. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by author, "To my best friend, from CHM" (no recipient) Edition no stated. No indication of later printings, c 1962. Navy blue cloth with gilt titles. Boards clean and solid, light shelf wear only. Spine heel gently bumped. Binding tight, appears unread. End papers with light toning. Contents clean and unmarked. DJ not clipped ($2.75) clean and whole with some light sunning along edges of rear panel. Light shelf wear. A solid and tight copy..
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- Bookseller
- Small World Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 070809
- Title
- Admiral Number One: Some Incidents in the Life of Esek Hopkins, 1718-1802, First Admiral of the Continental Navy
- Author
- Charles H. Miller
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The William-Frederick Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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About Small World Books, LLC
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- Gilt
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- Shelf Wear
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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