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THE LOG OF THE "CUTTY SARK"
by LUBBOCK, BASIL
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
GLASGOW: BROWN, SON & FERGUSON, 1960 Royal Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. xii +332pp. Frontis + 51 other Illustrations and 9 plans as expected. 8 Appendices (one more than stated on contents page) 1960 reprint of the Second Edition of 1945. Comprehensive record of a sailing ship which next to "Victory" is possibly the most interesting. The text is enhanced by the many monochrome photos and reproductions of paintings of the famous clipper. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Good (Book- no notable shelf wear or soiling to cloth, mild bumps to extremities, ink gift insc. to free front end paper Christmas 1965, book block clean and fold outs in good order. Dust Jacket - Heavy rubbing with small tears and some loss mainly to head and tail of spine, moderate handling soiling, price clipped. Remains very presentable in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 132448
- Title
- THE LOG OF THE "CUTTY SARK"
- Author
- LUBBOCK, BASIL
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- BROWN, SON & FERGUSON
- Place of Publication
- GLASGOW
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 245x190mm Approx
- Keywords
- Tea Clipper, Cutty Sark, Maritime, Sailing Ships, Captain Woodget, Thermopylae, Ariel, Titania, Spindrift Normancourt, Hallowe'en, The Wooltrade, The China Trade,
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- Cloth
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- Tail
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- Bumps
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Shelf Wear
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- Price Clipped
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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