About this title: Here is a collection of true accounts of the Chesapeake gathered from the lips and memories of the people who experienced them, from clipping files and ship registers, and from the author's own extensive collection -- people and places, shipbuilding, steamboating, oyster dredging, natural history -- the whole panoply of Bay lore.
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Description: Shelf 844. 9 by 11.25 inches. Hardcover with dj. Published by Cornell Maritime Press 1963. Lawyer with new stamp. Stamped name etc 8 times on non text pages. Good book in good dj. Dj has edge trears, chips. Book edge wear. Some foxing near edges. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 0870331256 Yellow cloth covers; no jacket; minor wear to covers and edges with some soiling and a stamp at top right corner; geographcial end papers; interior pages are clean and unmarked; black and white illustrations throughout; tight binding; 4to; 210 pgs. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press, Cambridge, MD
Date Published: 1963
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Cloth, gilt, xi, 210 pp., illus., ports., maps, index; 29 cm. Map on lining papers. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to boards, age toning. Dust jacket, with moderate edgewear/chipping, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. read more
Description: Near Fine in very good + jacket. 210 pp; fascinating collection of stories of Chesapeake Bay from first person accounts, newspapers, books, ship registers, the author's personal collection, etc. profusley illustrated with superb b & w photos; very detailed end-paper maps; dj has scoth tape repair to inside of top edge of fornt panel and rear flap has bookstore sticker 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. read more
Description: Very good in fair dust jacket. BOOK IS TIGHT & CLEAN/dj is a bit worn with 2 small pieces missing/NICE COPY/(T211)hc. 210 p. Includes: illustrations, maps, index. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press
Date Published: 1963
Description: Good in Acceptable jacket. Large Open Tears DJ Edges; Price Marked Out; Sticker And Own. Inscr. On Page Preceding Half-Title Page; DJ Acceptable; Book Good overall. Thanks for your business! Your satisfaction is guaranteed! read more
Description: CORNELL MARITIME PRESS, 1963, LARGE FORMAT, OVERSIZED BOOK, ILLUSTRATED, FINE HARDCOVER BOOK, VERY GOOD DUST JACKET, JACKET SHOWS MODERATE EDGE WEAR, CONTENTS CLEAN WITH NO MARKS TO TEXT OR MARGINS, BINDING TIGHT, read more
Description: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Blue cloth cover has light wear at tail of spine. Corners sharp and binding sound. Edges of text block tanned and speckled foxing on top edge, pages clean and unmarked. DJ has minimal wear and a few short tears, major flaw is a 1.5 inch piece of old transparent tape, which has browned, on the bottom front edge.; Photographs; 4to 11"-13" tall; 210 pages. read more
Description: Dust Jacket Included. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Lots of photos and illustrations. Some maps. read more
Description: 4to; no dj; cover scuffed, bds. sl. warped, good; binding tight; good condition, 210 pages with index, b/w photos. Multiple copies available. read more
Edition: Assumed First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press, Cambridge, Maryland
Date Published: 1963
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. Light blue cover w/ hardly any bumping to corners. Dust jacket is lightly discolored, has few tears, and small part missing on top of spine. Discoloration inside of front board and first free end page. Binding and spine are tight. Clean text and illustrations, 210 pages. read more
Description: 4to; no dj; cover scuffed, bds. sl. warped, good; binding tight; good condition, 210 pages with index, b/w photos. 9 copies available. read more
Description: BURGESS, Robert H. THIS WAS CHESAPEAKE BAY. Cambridge, Maryland: Cornell Maritime Press, 1963. Cloth, dust jacket. First edition. Pictorial history of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia and Maryland from the seventeenth to the present century. Very good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Tidewater Publishers
Date Published: 1963-06
ISBN-13:9780870331251ISBN:0870331256
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Tidewater Publishers
Date Published: 1963-06
ISBN-13:9780870331251ISBN:0870331256
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
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