DAWN LIKE THUNDER: The Barbary Wars and the Birth of the U. S. Navy
by Tucker, Glenn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis/New York: The Bobbs- Merrill Company, Inc./A Subsidiary of Howard W. Sams & Company, Inc. (1963) 488 pp. Original dark blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Spine ends a bit bumped. Previous owner's bookplate on front blank endpaper. DJ has light edge wear. Illust. w/ b/w maps. Contents nice.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Illus. by Dorothy Thomas Tucker (Maps). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M3811USM
- Title
- DAWN LIKE THUNDER: The Barbary Wars and the Birth of the U. S. Navy
- Author
- Tucker, Glenn
- Illustrator
- Dorothy Thomas Tucker (Maps)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- The Bobbs- Merrill Company, Inc./A Subsidiary of Howard W. Sams & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis/New York
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY U. S. NAVY NAVAL OPERATIONS NAUTICAL MARITIME BARBARY WARS FIRST 1ST BARBARY WAR TRIPOLITAN WAR 1801 1805 NORTH AFRICAN STATES BARBARY STATES SULTANATE OF MOROCCO ALGIERS TUNIS TRIPOLI THREE 3 REGENCIES OTTOMAN EMPIRE WARFARE AMERICAN HIS
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- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....