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CHINA TEA CLIPPERS
by GEORGE F. CAMPBELL
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 022911525X
- ISBN 13
- 9780229115259
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
LONDON: ADLARD COLES, 1974 Faux Vellum Rexine boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 280 x 225 mm approx. [vi] + 156 pp Frontis + 53 other full page illustrations by the author. First Edition 1974. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Very Good (Book- slight fading to margins of publisher's purple end papers.Dust spotting to top edge and moderate foxing to fore edge. Face of pages not affected.No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - white background a little creamed with age, no significant shelf rubbing. Non price clipped - cover £5.50. No other notable defects to book or jacket). A good reference work for Sailing Ship Modelers.
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 132775
- Title
- CHINA TEA CLIPPERS
- Author
- GEORGE F. CAMPBELL
- Illustrator
- AUTHOR
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 022911525X
- ISBN 13
- 9780229115259
- Publisher
- ADLARD COLES
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- China Tea Clippers, George Campbell, Thermopylae, Cutty Sark, Titania, Ariel, 19th Century Sailing Ships, Maritime Books, Ship Modeling,
Terms of Sale
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