TALL SHIPS ON THE HIGH SEAS (1986) With Forward by the Prince of Wales
by Beken, Kenneth John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1986. First American Edition. Hardcover. Clean gray boards with gilt lettering on spine. Text tight, clean & intact. Pictorial endpapers & frontispiece. Profusely illustrated with color photography. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Condition would be near fine except for a few notes on the contents page. Nautical; Color Photographs; 4to - 11" to 13" tall; 222 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8356
- Title
- TALL SHIPS ON THE HIGH SEAS (1986) With Forward by the Prince of Wales
- Author
- Beken, Kenneth John
- Illustrator
- Frank Beken Et Al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Nautical
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Fine
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