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Venetia Avenger of the Lusitania Being A Narrative of the Adventures and Career of the Yacht "Venetia During the World War as an Auxiliary Cruiser, Including Such Proof as Exists of Her Connection with The Expiation of Its Most Unforgettable Tragedy: Based Upon the Cruiser's Official Log and the Diaries of Some of Her Officers. With Illustrations by C. D. Robinson, W. A. Coulter and From Photographs
by Greene, Clay M
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
San Diego: Privately Printed. Printed by H. S. Crocker Company, San Francisco, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. xxii, 271 pages, [2]. Color frontispiece illustration of the Venetia. Illustrated with photographs. Blue paper covered boards with gilt stamped seal of the "Venetia" on front cover. White cloth spine and joints. Paper title label on spine. Green and blue decorative illustrated end sheets. Limited edition of three hundred copies for private distribution.
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- Americana Books ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30026
- Title
- Venetia Avenger of the Lusitania Being A Narrative of the Adventures and Career of the Yacht "Venetia During the World War as an Auxiliary Cruiser, Including Such Proof as Exists of Her Connection with The Expiation of Its Most Unforgettable Tragedy
- Author
- Greene, Clay M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Privately Printed. Printed by H. S. Crocker Company, San Francisco
- Place of Publication
- San Diego
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- World War I
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
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Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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