All Brave Sailors: the Story of the S.S. Booker T. Washington
by BEECHER, John
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: L.B. Fischer, 1945. Second Printing. Octavo. Blue cloth boards; dustjacket; 208pp. Bit of discoloration to endpapers at gutters, else a tight, clean copy, Near Fine, in lightly worn Arthur Hawkins dustjacket. Account of the S.S. Booker T. Washington, the first U.S. Merchant Marine vessel to be commanded by an African-American and manned by a totallyi integrated crew.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32190
- Title
- All Brave Sailors: the Story of the S.S. Booker T. Washington
- Author
- BEECHER, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- L.B. Fischer
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History; African-Americana; WW2; Civil Rights;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
Glossary
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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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...