OLD BAY LINE
by Brown, Alexander Crosby
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Richmond, VA: The Dietz Press, 1940. 176 pp. Original gray cloth covers, lightly soiled w/ modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. Spine a bit sunned. Light dusting to top edge of text block. Date written in pencil at top margin of front blank endpaper. Flap from DJ laid-in. Illust. w/ a color frontispiece, and b/w photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23252NAUT
- Title
- OLD BAY LINE
- Author
- Brown, Alexander Crosby
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Dietz Press
- Place of Publication
- Richmond, VA
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- NAUTICAL HISTORY MARITIME OLD BAY LINE BALTIMORE STEAM PACKET COMPANY CO. STEAM-NAVIGATION CHESAPEAKE BAY MARYLAND STATE HISTORY MD VIRGINIA VA STEAMBOATS AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL
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- Nautical;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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