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The maritime history of Maine, three centuries of shipbuilding & seafaring
by Rowe William Hutchinson
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
New York: W W Norton, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. blue cloth, gilt spine, dust jacket, 333 pages illustrations, maps,CONTENTS: The Maine coast The winter fisheries The King's broad arrow Shipbuilding in colonial Maine The war years The West India trade The shipyards Shipbuilding on the Kennebec The state of Maine clippers The confederate commerce raiders The down-easters The great schooners Lumber and lime, ice and granite The Maine coast fisherman The Maine seacoast town Cond: dust jacket edges all around chipped with small losses. some small loss at spine ends.In protective mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1125557998
- Title
- The maritime history of Maine, three centuries of shipbuilding & seafaring
- Author
- Rowe William Hutchinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- W W Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Construction navale Maine Maine Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Maine
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Americana;
Terms of Sale
Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Returnable upon receipt with prior notification. If paying by check, please allow two weeks for clearance.
About the Seller
Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2004
Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Mail order only. 51 years as a bookseller
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