Ports of Call
by Carse, Robert
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. Hardcover, royal 8vo, in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 344pp., Selected Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with more than 50 photographs, half-tones and maps. First edition, first printing. An examination of some dozen seaports that were instrumental in the economic growth and maritime history of Colonial America, up to 1812. List of ports discussed are: Castine, Portsmouth, Boston, Salem, Bristol, Newport, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans. Previous owner's name in pencil on half-title page. Dust-jacket sunned/toned to light brown on spine. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Dust-jacket complete with no chips or tears, now in Brodart cover. Very good in a good dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008853
- Title
- Ports of Call
- Author
- Carse, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- American History, Nautical, American Colonial Seaports
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Nautical;
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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