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THE BOY WITH THE U.S. LIFE SAVERS: U.S. Service Series #7.
by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in decorative blue cloth with gilt and black lettering, with a pasted on illustration in the front cover (missing the
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About This Item
Boston:: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd,, (1915). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in decorative blue cloth with gilt and black lettering, with a pasted on illustration in the front cover (missing the front endpaper, gift inscription on half title page, but overall tight and clean).. First edition. One of the interesting U.S. Service Series, each highlighting a different department of the U.S. government. Illustrated with photographs (48) loaned by bureaus of the U. S. Government. From the rockbound shores of Maine, through Cape Hatteras and the Pacific Coast, the US Coast Guard and the Lighthouse Bureau never sleep. Lists to #6 in the series at the front of the book and to #5 in the ads at the back. x, 346 pp. plus 10 pp of publisher's ads.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76032
- Title
- THE BOY WITH THE U.S. LIFE SAVERS: U.S. Service Series #7.
- Author
- Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in decorative blue cloth with gilt and black lettering, with a pasted on illustration in the front cover (missing the
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- (1915)
- Keywords
- boys series, educational series, careers, vintage books,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile series;
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- Gilt
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