This Was Chesapeake Bay
by Robert H Burgess
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870331256
- ISBN 13
- 9780870331251
- Seller
-
Ridgeley, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Volume is slightly age-toned. Black and white photos throughout. DJ has minor wear long the outer edges including a closed tear at the top spine and a small chip at the bottom of the back bottom edge. DJ is price clipped. From the front DJ flap, "From the time of the first European explorers, the Chesapeake Bay and its environs have has a special fascination for settlers and sailors. Over the centuries they created in this pleasant land of natural abundance a memorable panorama of maritime and social history."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grampy's Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2bc901842
- Title
- This Was Chesapeake Bay
- Author
- Robert H Burgess
- Format/Binding
- White cloth with brown lettering on the spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0870331256
- ISBN 13
- 9780870331251
- Publisher
- Cornell Maritime Pr/tidewater Pub
- Place of Publication
- Centreville, Maryland, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1982
- Pages
- 210
- Keywords
- Chesapeake Bay
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Grampy's Bookcase
Biblio member since 2018
Ridgeley, West Virginia
About Grampy's Bookcase
A private collector with over three thousand quality used books. Many books are quite old and cover many topics, particularly history and related social sciences. Included is a large collection of early and mid 20th century books on the history of the labor movement and socialist party in the United States. After a lifetime of collecting, looking for good homes for these prized editions.
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- Tight
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- Price Clipped
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....