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American and English Yachts: Illustrating and Describing the Most Famous Yachts Now Sailing in American and English Waters (First Edition)
by Edward Burgess (author); N.L. Stebbins (illustrations)
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- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887. First Edition. Quarto. First Edition. A text on yachts and yachting, illustrated with 50 photogravure plates accompanied by descriptions of each vessel.
Very Good plus with no dust jacket, bound in full brown morocco with gilt lettering and edges, and marbled endpapers. Rebacked, with an owner bookplate with autograph gift inscription adhered to the front pastedown, and corresponding owner signature on the half-title.
Very Good plus with no dust jacket, bound in full brown morocco with gilt lettering and edges, and marbled endpapers. Rebacked, with an owner bookplate with autograph gift inscription adhered to the front pastedown, and corresponding owner signature on the half-title.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royal Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 156846
- Title
- American and English Yachts: Illustrating and Describing the Most Famous Yachts Now Sailing in American and English Waters (First Edition)
- Author
- Edward Burgess (author); N.L. Stebbins (illustrations)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- Nonfiction | Maritime Interest
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nonfiction; Maritime Interest;
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We are an open shop located in the midtown section of Baltimore. Check our website for directions if you are coming through the Baltimore area. We are open 10AM-6PM EST, Monday through Friday. You may email an order at any time, 24 hours a day.
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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