The Wreck of the Amsterdam.
by Marsden, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0812817605
- ISBN 13
- 9780812817607
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
New York: Stein & Day, 1975. 1st U.S. ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos & drawings, minor edgewear spine ends jacket (small closed tear top edge, rear cover lightly marked & scratched), owner's written name & date. 289 pp. Peter Marsden relates the story of the Dutch merchant ship's ill-fated voyage from Jakarta, but wrecked off the English coast (Hastings) in 1749. It then tells a fascinating story of how, in 1969, the author and a team of dedicated researchers become involved in salvaging this great ship. Fully documented and illustrated with nearly 200 photographs that tell the complete story of this great ship's past and present.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22533
- Title
- The Wreck of the Amsterdam.
- Author
- Marsden, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0812817605
- ISBN 13
- 9780812817607
- Publisher
- Stein & Day
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- history, maritime, transport, ships, shipwrecks, archeology, europe, netherlands, holland, britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- MARITIME & NAUTICAL;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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- Spine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...