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She Captains: Heroines and Hellions of the Sea
by Druett, Joan; Druett, Jooan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684856905
- ISBN 13
- 9780684856902
- Seller
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Anaheim, California, United States
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About This Item
Simon & Schuster, 2000. Numberline with "1" indicates publisher's First Edition at that time. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Bright white boards with navy spine and gilt letters. Sharp edges and corners. Bright white endsheets and 304 tightly bound pages. Pages have b/w illustrations and photos throughout. Clean, tight, appears never read. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Illustrated front trimmed in blue design with blue letters. Original price inside front flap. Synopsis: This maritime history chronicles the lives and exploits of warrior women who sailed the seas from the times of the Greeks and Romans up to the 19th century--almost always in disguise. It shows these female pirates to be as fit and furious as their male counterparts and their lives to have been full of danger and adventure. It also examines the plight of the women who stayed behind--land-bound wives for whom sacrifice, deprivation, and concern for their loved ones at sea were constant preoccupations. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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- Bookseller
- BookTown USA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8003928
- Title
- She Captains: Heroines and Hellions of the Sea
- Author
- Druett, Joan; Druett, Jooan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684856905
- ISBN 13
- 9780684856902
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Naval women, Women Ship Captains
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Edges
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