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Passage Perilous: The Stormy Saga of the Santa Maria
by Beth Day
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
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Cody, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
New York City, New York U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1962. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION (presumed, no history). First printing (presumed, no number line). Near Fine Hard Cover in Good Dust Jacket. Prior owner - a prominent Wyoming family - stamp on ffep, else no markings located on page flip. Tight binding. Silver gilt on black cloth spine, pale grey cloth over boards. Book appears to have a very slight curve. Unclipped, pictorial DJ has little edge wear including closed tears and creases, toning, chip on spine, closed triangular tear on back flap edge, little scuffing. 253 pp. Index. Illustrated with B&W photographs. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1962. No unpleasant odors detected. Try as we might, to be careful with our listings, sometimes minor things slip by. Photos available upon request. Dependable seller. Carefully packaged. Daily shipping includes USPS Tracking. y550.
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- Bookseller
- Ate Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000227
- Title
- Passage Perilous: The Stormy Saga of the Santa Maria
- Author
- Beth Day
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York City, New York U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- y550; Ocean Liners; Ships; Santa Maria; Ship - Hijacking, Cruise; Transatlantic Liner - Ships; Bandits; Portuguese; Crime; Terrorism; Hijacking; True; Non-fiction, nonfiction; Captain Galvao; Portuguese Line; Pirate; 62-7345, 627345; Beth Day
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Ate Books
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Cody, Wyoming
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- First Edition
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