ADMIRAL, THE
by Healy, Laurin Hall and Kutner, Luis/Daniels, Josephus (Foreword)/Lovette, Leland P. (Preface)/Dewey, George Goodwin (Introduction)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good+
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago/New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company 338 pp. Original dark blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Light sunning to edges. Original publicity photo of the authors laid-in. DJ has wear, tear and chipping to edges. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M3777SA
- Title
- ADMIRAL, THE
- Author
- Healy, Laurin Hall and Kutner, Luis/Daniels, Josephus (Foreword)/Lovette, Leland P. (Preface)/Dewey, George Goodwin (Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago/New York
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 1898 BIOGRAPHY DEWEY GEORGE 1837 1917 ADMIRALS U. S. NAVY NAVAL OPERATIONS NAUTICAL MARITIME BATTLE OF MANILA BAY PHILIPPINES WARFARE AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES WORLD HISTORY SPAIN EUROPE SOUTHEAST ASIA NONFICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical; Military - Spanish-American War;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- First Edition
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- Chipping
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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...
- Laid-in
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