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Derelicts, an Account of Ships Lost at Sea in General Commercial Traffic and a Brief History of Blockade Runners Stranded Along the North Carolina Coast 1861-1865. (SIGNED)

Derelicts, an Account of Ships Lost at Sea in General Commercial Traffic and a Brief History of Blockade Runners Stranded Along the North Carolina Coast 1861-1865. (SIGNED)

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Derelicts, an Account of Ships Lost at Sea in General Commercial Traffic and a Brief History of Blockade Runners Stranded Along the North Carolina Coast 1861-1865. (SIGNED)

by Sprunt, James

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Washington, D.C.: The Lord Baltimore Press, 1920. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 304 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in original blue cloth with a front cover design of a three masted ship embossed in gilt. The binding is worn and shows heavy white spotting to the cloth. The inner hinges are secure, but the frontis piece is detached and chipped about the edges. Text is toned. INSCRIBED on the front flyleaf, "Mrs. Elizabeth A. Weeks / Presented by / Mr. James Sprunt / Wilmington, N.C. / Jan. 1922." There are some notations on the front pastedown. Quite scarce.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Derelicts, an Account of Ships Lost at Sea in General Commercial Traffic and a Brief History of Blockade Runners Stranded Along the North Carolina Coast 1861-1865. (SIGNED)
Author
Sprunt, James
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fair
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition First Printing
Publisher
The Lord Baltimore Press
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C.
Date Published
1920
Size
12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
Weight
2.10 lbs
Keywords
1920; James Sprunt; Derelicts; Schooners; Ships; Civil War; Maritime; Blockade Runners; Shipping. North Carolina; Coast; Coastal; Lower Cape Fear River; Local; Wilmington; Rare; Collectible; Inscribed; Signed.
Bookseller catalogs
North Carolina; Signed Books & Association Copies; Civil War;

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About Pages Past Used and Rare Books

Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.

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Gilt
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First Edition
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