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WOODEN SHIPS AND IRON MEN: THE STORY OF THE SQUARE-RIGGED MERCHANT MARINE OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, THE SHIPS, THEIR BUILDERS AND OWNERS, AND THE MEN WHO SAILED THEM.
by Wallace, Frederick William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: George Sully 337 pp, 8 7/8" H, blue cloth with gilt lettering/banding on spine, blindstamped decoration on front board. No date, but previous owner has written "1926" on front free endpaper in fountain pen. 28 b&w plates (including frontispiece), several with two photographs per plate - all present. Chapter headings: The Dawn of British North American Shipping; The Boom Days of the 'Fifties; The 'Sixties in Quebec and New Brunswick Shipping; The 'Sixties in Nova Scotia - A Period of Expansion; The Bluenose Fashion; The Nova Scotiamen of the Palmy 'Seventies; The 'Seventies in New Brunswick Shipping; The 'Seventies in Quebec, Prince Edward Island and the Lakes; The 'Eighties in Nova Scotia Shipping; The 'Eighties in New Brunswick, Quebec and Prince Edward Island; The Last of the Bluenose Ships; Appendix. A previous owner's bookplate and a date in ink on the front free endpaper, scattered light foxing marks thouhout the pages - heavier on the preliminary pages, light browning on the endpapers, a very slight separation between one or two page gatherings but pages are firmly held in the binding, small corner bump on the front board, heaviy wear and wrinkling at the top/bottom of the spine - light to moderate edge wear elsewhere, darkening to the top of the text block, light browning to the fore-edge and bottom of the text block - with scattered foxing marks and very small stains on the fore-edge, small scuff marks on the spine... Not Signed. Hard Cover. Good-/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capricorn Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31188
- Title
- WOODEN SHIPS AND IRON MEN: THE STORY OF THE SQUARE-RIGGED MERCHANT MARINE OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, THE SHIPS, THEIR BUILDERS AND OWNERS, AND THE MEN WHO SAILED THEM.
- Author
- Wallace, Frederick William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- George Sully
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- Sailing Ships, Square-Rigged Ships, Merchant Marine, Sailors, British North America, Wooden Ships, New Brunswick, Ship-Building, Ship-Builders, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Bluenose, Clipper Ships, Clippers, Yarmouth, Yarmouth Brig, Ship'
- Bookseller catalogs
- History and Travel; Sailing & The Sea; Transportation; Canada - Maritime Provinces; Canada - Quebec; Canada - General;
Terms of Sale
Capricorn Books
PAYMENT: ALL PRICES ARE IN $ U.S. We accept the following forms of payment: PayPal (PayPal e-mail is capricornbks@sympatico.ca) Canadian residents will be charged 5% GST on converted amount. SHIPPING: Shipping rates are based upon the weight of a standard size book (8vo) or a large format trade paperback up to 1kg (2.2lbs). Larger, heavier books will be shipped at cost. We will e-mail you a quote for your approval, before we ship. CANADA: Standard (via Expedited Parcel Post): 2 to 20 Business Days - $10.99 U.S. Expedited (via XpressPost): 2 to 3 Business Days - $20.99 U.S. U.S.A.: Standard (Surface Mail): 7 to 13 Business Days - $4.99 U.S. Expedited: 4 to 8 Business Days - $12.99 U.S. INTERNATIONAL : Standard (Tracked Mail): 18 to 25 Business Days - $200.00 U.S., Expedited (Xpress Mail): 13 to 15 Business Days - $300.00 U.S. RETURNS: Books may be returned if not as described within 10 days with prior notice. Please e-mail us prior to returning book - thank you.
About the Seller
Capricorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Oakville, Ontario
About Capricorn Books
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- Cloth
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- Gatherings
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- Plate
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- Spine
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- Text Block
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
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