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The Old Merchant Marine, A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailors
by Paine, Ralph D
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
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Toledo, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: Yale University, 1919. Abraham Lincoln edition: Volume 36 of The Chronicles of America Series, Allen Johnson, Editor. 8vo. 8-1/16" x 5-1/4". Lovely green cloth covered boards decorated in gold and white. 214 pp. including index. Extensive bibliography. Decorated title page printed in blue and black. Top edge gilt. Fine. Illustrated with eleven gravure plates.. Affixed to free front endpaper is the bookplate of William Russell Grace, Jr. (1878-1943) son of the founder of the W. R. Grace Co., originally established in 1854 in Peru as a cargo shipping company.
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- Bookseller
- Frogtown Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 885
- Title
- The Old Merchant Marine, A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailors
- Author
- Paine, Ralph D
- Illustrator
- Illustrated with eleven gravure plates.
- Format/Binding
- 8vo. 8-1/16" x 5-1/4". Lovely green cloth covered boards decorated in gold and white. 214 pp. including index. Extensive bibliog
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Abraham Lincoln edition: Volume 36 of The Chronicles of America
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Yale University
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1919
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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