Clipper Ships and Their Makers
by Laing, Alexander
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Princeton, Kentucky, United States
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- Bookseller
- The Cat's Tale Used Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000067
- Title
- Clipper Ships and Their Makers
- Author
- Laing, Alexander
- Illustrator
- John Martinez and maps by Veronica Laing
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Non-Fiction; Nautical History; Shipbuilding
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical & Maritime;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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The Cat's Tale Used Books
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