Blue Book of Coastal Vessels South Vietnam
by U.S. Office Of The Secretary Of Defense / Republic Of Vietnam Armed Forces
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket Issued
- Seller
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D.C: Advanced Research Projects Agency Office of the Secretary of Defense , 1967. Hardcover pages xv, 556; fully illustrated with b/w photos, maps and line drawings; illustrated hardcover; landscape format; blue covers soiled, spine ends frayed, finger marks on title page, new endpapers and rescrimmed, o/wise good condition. Extremely Rare. Text and captions in Vietnamese and English. A survey of coastal vessel types in local use, mainly wooden hulled and of trading vessels working Vietnamese waters, includes: origin/evolution of South Vietnamese boats, religious/folklore influences on, fishing techniques and equipment, construction methods and materials, detection clues for stop and search operation, registration/identification of vessels and crew, classification of wood-hulled boats, index of steel-hulled coastal freighters. Nice clean copy. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (folio).
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004089
- Title
- Blue Book of Coastal Vessels South Vietnam
- Author
- U.S. Office Of The Secretary Of Defense / Republic Of Vietnam Armed Forces
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Advanced Research Projects Agency Office of the Secretary of Defense
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- South Vietnam Coastal Vessels Ships
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vietnam/Vietnam War;
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