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Steam Vessels Built in Old Monmouth 1841-1894
by Reussille, Leon
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Brick, NJ: Privately Printed, 1975. First. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. First printing. Quarto sized in green cloth; 160 pps. with index; illustrated throughout with scarce vintage portraits. Comprehensive study of the contribution made by New Jersey's historic Monmouth Countyto thye building of steam vessels. This volume details nearly 60 of these ships, most of them built in the Keyport shipyards of Benjamin C. Terry. A fine. tight copy in bright, crisp dust jacket with a short closed tear and tiny chip bottom edge.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D9275
- Title
- Steam Vessels Built in Old Monmouth 1841-1894
- Author
- Reussille, Leon
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- Brick, NJ
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- ships. Steamship, Shipbuilding, Nautical, New Jersey, Transportation,
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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