The Built-Up Ship Model
by Davis, Charles G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Salem, Mass.: Marine Research Society, 1933. First Edition. First printing Very good- in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth on the spine is faded and rubbed and worn at the head and heel of the spine Without a dust jacket. 206 pages containing an index, text with many line drawings through-out o provide a very detailed reference scource for rigging and on-deck features. Plans are included for the construction of a plank on frame, 16-gun brig within the text. The twenty-fifth volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB22606
- Title
- The Built-Up Ship Model
- Author
- Davis, Charles G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Marine Research Society
- Place of Publication
- Salem, Mass.
- Date Published
- 1933
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