CONTEMPORARY SCALE MODELS OF VESSELS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY BEING A COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS OF AUTHENTIC PRODUCTIONS OF
by Culver, Henry B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good++/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Farmingville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good++/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Limited edition of 1,000 copies of which this is #634. Plain beige cloth boards are soiled and worn. Title in gold over rust colored label on spine. Noticeably foxed and soiled on endpapers. Only occasional foxing to text. Deckle edges. One inch tear to title page edge. 50 sepia illustrations with text on opposite page. Prepared for the Ship Model Society, a production of the model makers art of that period, gathered from many sources; together with brief descripions and identifications thereof where possible.
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- Bookseller
- Koster's Collectible Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- INVENT035228I
- Title
- CONTEMPORARY SCALE MODELS OF VESSELS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY BEING A COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS OF AUTHENTIC PRODUCTIONS OF
- Author
- Culver, Henry B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good++
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Payson & Clarke Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1926
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