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The Log of the Grand Turks
by Peabody, Robert E
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Item Price
€79.10€71.19
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About This Item
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1926. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [from engravings]. Very Near Fine; see scans and description. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1926. First Edition. Illustrations from engravings, art and photographs. Octavo, 249 pp. Blue cloth with white imprinting on spine and cover, device on cover; map endpapers. A handsome Near Fine copy, showing only light sporadic peripheral wear. See scans. Certainly one of the finest available copies of the true first edition of Robert Peabody's tale of four ships named Grand Turk between 1781 and 1924. Historic and vibrant, a detailed account of U.S. sailing through that time period; China trade, privateering, coasting, etc., and with voyage lists. Thoroughly illustrated in black and white. - LT9
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- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000068
- Title
- The Log of the Grand Turks
- Author
- Peabody, Robert E
- Illustrator
- [from engravings]
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston & New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Pages
- 249
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- nautical, maritime, history, sailing, ships, yachts, Yachting Navigation, General, History, Pictorial, General, Maritime, 19th Century, 20th Century, Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maritime/Ships/Sailing/Yachts/Naval;
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Baldwinsville, New York
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- New
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Device
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- Fine
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