GUNS OFF CAPE ANN - THE STORY OF THE SHANNON AND THE CHESAPEAKE
by Poolman, Kenneth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1961. 175 pages. Frontispiece illustrated with black and white plate of Sir Philip Vere Broke. Illustrated in text with 9 more interesting b/ww plates. Pages and endpapers clean, v/g condition. Maroon cloth, gilt title on spine. Black dust jacket illustrated with white sketch on upper cover. Edges and corners lightly worn. DJ slightly faded. VG+/VG. 1st U.K. Edition. Hard Cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028257
- Title
- GUNS OFF CAPE ANN - THE STORY OF THE SHANNON AND THE CHESAPEAKE
- Author
- Poolman, Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st U.K. Edition
- Publisher
- Evans Brothers Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Naval, Frigate, Ships, History, Chesapeake,
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About the Seller
J. Wyatt Books
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Ottawa, Ontario
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- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- VG+/VG
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used...
- 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....