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Chronicle of the Calypso, Clipper
by JENNINGS, John
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good-
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Boston Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good-. Harry Shaare (dust jacket illustrator). 8vo. Pp. [1-3], 4-296. Endpaper maps. Bound in buff cloth with black lettering stamped on spine. A handsome copy in the pictorial dust jacket, price-clipped, that shows edge-wear and faded spine. Title page continues: "A novel of the golden days of the California trade, of the great ocean race around Cape Horn, of the clipper ships, and of the men - and women - who sailed in them."
The full color dust jacket illustration by Harry Shaare presents the drama of the ship's captain in a state of anxiety in the presence of three languid, well-dressed women. Dust jacket now enclosed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5680
- Title
- Chronicle of the Calypso, Clipper
- Author
- JENNINGS, John
- Illustrator
- Harry Shaare (dust jacket illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston Toronto
- Date Published
- 1955
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About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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