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Hardluck Ironclad: The Sinking and Salvage of the CAIRO
by Bearss, Edwin C
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Hudson, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ. Press, 1966. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xiv + 208 pp., 2 maps, b/w photos, appendix, notes, bib., index. "Being a first-hand account of the discovery of the torpedoed Union gunboat and of operations to raise her from the bottom of the Yazoo, together with a description of artifacts found on board; including a history of the Western Flotilla of which she was a part..." Aqua blue cloth bound hard cover book in v.g. cond. w/only very lt. wear to the head & heel of the spine. D/w v.g. cond. w/lt. wear to the head & heel of the spine. Bookplate.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ross & Haines
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010236
- Title
- Hardluck Ironclad: The Sinking and Salvage of the CAIRO
- Author
- Bearss, Edwin C
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Louisiana State Univ. Press
- Place of Publication
- Baton Rouge
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- U.S.S. Cairo, Civil War, Naval History
Terms of Sale
Ross & Haines
All books returnable within 7 days if not as described. Media Rate shipping is $ 3.50 for the first volume and $1 for each additional volume. Priority shipping is $ 7.50 for an average sized octavo and $33.00 for Global Priority.
About the Seller
Ross & Haines
Biblio member since 2004
Hudson, Wisconsin
About Ross & Haines
15,000 books in stock, All subjects covered with an emphisis on history. Shop was founded in Minneapolis in 1950 and has been located in Hudson, Wisconsin since 1993. Open by appointment only.
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