BEFORE THE MAST IN THE CLIPPERS: Composed in Large Part of The Diaries of Charles A. Abbey Kept While at Sea in the Years 1856 to 1860
Published by The Derrydale Press, New York, 1937
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.Shoemaker Booksellers
AbeBooks seller since August 21, 1998
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 100.03
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
284 pp. Original brown paper covered boards w/ red cloth spine and corners. Titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Faint tape ghosts to edges of endpapers and paste-downs. Light foxing to front endpapers. #521 of 950 copies. Illust. w/ a color frontispiece, b/w plates and portraits, and fold-out maps. Contents nice.
Seller Inventory # 22801NAUT
Bibliographic details
- Title
- BEFORE THE MAST IN THE CLIPPERS: Composed in Large Part of The Diaries of Charles A. Abbey Kept While at Sea in the Years 1856 to 1860
- Author
- Gosnell, Harpur Allen/Abbey, Charles A.
- Publisher
- The Derrydale Press, New York
- Publication year
- 1937
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Dimensions
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Autobiography, Biography, Travel
Shoemaker Booksellers
Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since August 21, 1998
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 5.60 | £ 11.58 |
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Located in the heart of historic Gettysburg, Pa., just off of Steinwehr Ave. We are within walking distance to the Visitors Center and battlefields, and to the many motels, shops and restaurants that are close by. We now have thousands of quality books on-line and many, many more waiting to get there! Open by appointment only.
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Shoemaker Booksellers
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