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Tin Can on a Shingle: The Full Story of the Monitor and the Merrimac
by White, William Chapman
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Dutton. First Edition. hardcover. White, William Chapman, and Ruth White : Tin Can on a Shingle: The Full Story of the Monitor and the Merrimac. New York : E.P. Dutton and Co, 1957. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.375"/21.5cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's dark blue cloth boards, gray cloth spine, dark blue lettering and ornamentation to spine and portion of gray cloth extending to board. Glossy color pictorial dj. Endpapers identical - b&w period plan and profile of the USS Monitor. Xiv pp prelim material, 176 numbered pp, plus two blank; 8 pp glossy b&w illus. Intro (by Henry Steele Commager), list of illus, 20 chaps. Acknowl, bibliography, index. Condition notes: quite a nice first edition/first printing w the following features/flaws: bookstore tag tail blank p facing title page, .5" h x .75" l, from "Herr's Book Store, Lancaster, PA". Dj is unclipped and retains excellent color but has numerous small chips and tears esp to folds; excellent color retention to boards, binding just off square, tanning to edges. Ffep is marred by an ownership sticker which has itself been covered in blank white stickers. Else interior is unmarked and clean w typical tanning. We personally inspect every book we offer.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Furrowed Brow Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 221222001
- Title
- Tin Can on a Shingle: The Full Story of the Monitor and the Merrimac
- Author
- White, William Chapman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Weight
- 1.06 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Civil War;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Furrowed Brow Books
Biblio member since 2020
St. Paul, Minnesota
About Furrowed Brow Books
Furrowed Brow Books offers an eclectic selection mostly in the humanities, while providing specialty offerings in Eastern Orthodoxy and Byzantine civilization, theology, Christian mysticism, science fiction/fantasy (Tolkien and Inklings emphasis), and military history (esp American Civil War).
Furrowed Brow Books was established in 2020. The bookstore's owner, Paul Purman, grew up in a magical, historic farmhouse in piedmont Maryland stuffed with books. In 2021 Paul was accepted as a member of the Independent Online Booksellers' Association (IOBA), and graduated from the annual Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS-Minnesota).
We're happy to discuss making an offer on a collection in one of our specialty areas.
Dealer discount of 20%; we simply ask that you reciprocate with a discount of 20%.
Thanks for stopping by!
Furrowed Brow Books was established in 2020. The bookstore's owner, Paul Purman, grew up in a magical, historic farmhouse in piedmont Maryland stuffed with books. In 2021 Paul was accepted as a member of the Independent Online Booksellers' Association (IOBA), and graduated from the annual Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS-Minnesota).
We're happy to discuss making an offer on a collection in one of our specialty areas.
Dealer discount of 20%; we simply ask that you reciprocate with a discount of 20%.
Thanks for stopping by!
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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