The Twilight of Sailing Ships
by Carse, Robert
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0883650363
- ISBN 13
- 9780883650363
- Seller
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Item Price
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About This Item
Galahad Books. Hardcover. As New/As New. As new copy in As new dustwrapper with $6/.95 price. edition or year of publication not stated. Flawless, in practically brand new condition. Protected by clear archival cover. 206 pages, illustrated with color plates, B/W photos drawings, color map endpapers. In this book, Robert Carse has written of the final days of many types of vessels, showing the slow decadence of the sailing freighters as a whole and their final economic death-struggles, ending with the supremacy of mechanical power at sea in case after case. Illustrated throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Modern First Editions Boston (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001700
- Title
- The Twilight of Sailing Ships
- Author
- Carse, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0883650363
- ISBN 13
- 9780883650363
- Publisher
- Galahad Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1965
- Pages
- 206
- Keywords
- Ships, Marine, Sailing
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Modern First Editions Boston
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About Modern First Editions Boston
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