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The Age of Fighting Sail, The story of the Naval War of 1812. (Mainstream of America Series
by C.S. Forester
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Fair
- Seller
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Independence, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
From the front dust jacket flap: "...United States had three brilliant commanders, Rogers, Decatur, and Hull, and it was their job to keep the Constitution, the President, and the one or two other ships that made up the entire U.S. fleet busy harassing the British until a United States Navy could be built. Congress limited the great ship designer, Joshua Humphreys, to build ships no larger than frigates - with the result that he made them the best in the world and the frigate became the fighting cock of the sea."
Book: Very Good- condition. Gray cloth with gilt title on upper cover. Blue label with gilt title on spine. Back cover has a partial crease near top corner. Spine edges have a slight bit of wear. Please see photos. Endpapers illustrated with black & white world map. Inscription to previous owner in pencil on front endpaper, 1957. Pages are clean - except for pages 28-29 that had a newspaper page from the Peoria Journal Star - Thurs., May 11, 1967 with unrelated stories/ads. The newspaper clipping has been removed. Binding is tight, but the book has a slight, barely noticeable curve.
Dust Jacket: Good- condition. White and orange DJ with white titles. Spine faded. Edges and corners worn. Two inch closed tear on front. DJ not price clipped ($5.00). Now in protective cover.
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284 pages including Index.
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- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1590
- Title
- The Age of Fighting Sail, The story of the Naval War of 1812. (Mainstream of America Series
- Author
- C.S. Forester
- Format/Binding
- Cloth over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Assumed First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden city, New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Pages
- 284
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
- Keywords
- navy, war of 1812, Rogers, Decatur, Hull, the Constitution, the President, Joshua Humphreys, frigate, ships
- Bookseller catalogs
- History - American; Navy; History - War of 1812;
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About the Seller
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
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Independence, Missouri
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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