ALWAYS GOOD SHIPS: Histories of Newport News Ships
by Fox, William A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Collectible-Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0898655005
- ISBN 13
- 9780898655001
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, 1986. xiv, (2), 387 pages. Limited first printing of the first edition: #895 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the author on a colophon bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. A profusely illustrated and most comprehensive study of all ships built at the Newport News Shipyard. The book is in virtually as-new condition, with an inscription by the author accompanying his signature. The dust jacket is in as-new condition.. SIGNED. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PC35
- Title
- ALWAYS GOOD SHIPS: Histories of Newport News Ships
- Author
- Fox, William A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible-Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0898655005
- ISBN 13
- 9780898655001
- Publisher
- The Donning Company
- Place of Publication
- Virginia Beach
- Date Published
- 1986
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maritime;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...