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Ghost Ships: Hamilton & Scourge: Historical Treasures from the War of 1812
by Cain, Emily
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0773700706
- ISBN 13
- 9780773700703
- Seller
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Musson Book Co., 1983. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Brown cloth with gilt on spine, headband, 152 pages, filled with colour and b & w photos, with maps, decorated end papers, Very Good Plus condition with former owners name on half-title page, dust jacket is in Very Good condition with closed tear and creasing at top of spine, minor shelf wear to edges. "Author Emily Cain presents eye witness accouts of the naval campaigns in which Hamilton and Scourge were involved as well as a documented picture of their pre-war role on the lake as merchant schooners. In particular, Seaman Ned Myers recounts firsthand the sinking of Hamilton and Scourge as told to one-time shipmate James Fenimore Cooper." Check out the scans.. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003778
- Title
- Ghost Ships: Hamilton & Scourge: Historical Treasures from the War of 1812
- Author
- Cain, Emily
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0773700706
- ISBN 13
- 9780773700703
- Publisher
- Musson Book Co.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- ....Brown cloth with gilt on spine, headband, 152 pages, tight clean and square, filled with colour and b & w photos, with maps, decorated end papers, former owners name on half-title page, dust jacket is in VG condition with closed tear and creasing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadiana; Americana; Military;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- Gilt
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