About this title: Abundantly illustrated pictorial history of mid-19th-century passenger ships, with their hopeful human cargoes. Gripping tales of stowaways, shipwrecks, dramatic rescues, on-board epidemics, extreme hardships, self-reliant captains, heavy-fisted mates, and rough crews.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles E. Lauriat, Boston
Date Published: 1925
Description: Good hardcover, small crack along top front edge; bookplate inside front cover. xiii, 155 pages. Index. Illustrations. Plans. Frontispiece. read more
Description: Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1956; New Edition; quarto, xiii, [1], 146 pp., frontis., plates; white paint dots and speckling on front cover of original blue cloth, else very good; American Atlantic packet ships *Helping and promoting global literacy since 1961* read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd, Glasgow
Date Published: 1956
Description: Very Good + in very good jacket. 146 pp; fascinating story of the packet ships that plied the Atlantic between Europe and the United States; well-illustrated with b & w photos, chats, tables etc; dj has minor chips and creasing to to and bottom right corners of fornt panel; slight wear and rubbing overall; else; VG+/VG. read more
Description: Good. 1925 Hardcover. Hardcover, burgundy spine. Spine is faded and worn, foxing on some pages. 155pp All books in stock. We ship daily from our warehouse. Over 200, 000 customers served online! Our feedback reflects our service...."Fast delivery, great seller", "Fantastic, came right away and was in perfect condition--thanks! " read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles E. Lauriat Co, Boston, MA
Date Published: 1925
Description: Very Good + in very good jacket. 155 pp; with 22 illustrations; graphic account of the days when the Yankee Packet was Lord of the Western ocean; dj is price-clipped; and is missing a piece from the back panel in lower left hand corner which measures approximately 3 1/2 x 2"; and has three small chips to top edge as well. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J. Brown & Son, Ltd, Glasgow
Date Published: 1925
Description: VG. Light soiling and shelf wear to covers, short splits at top of spine, spine sunned, corners rubbed and frayed, lower rear corner bumped, bookseller label on free front end-paper, light foxing to outer pages, light foxing and soiling to page edges,... pp. xiii p., 1 l., 155. The story of the famous American Atlantic packet ships. Front., plates (1 col. ) port. read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles E. Lauriat Co, Boston
Date Published: 1925
Description: VG/no dust jacket, gift inscription on front free endpaper, bookplate removed from front pastedown. xvi, 155 p., frontis, illus, appendices, index, 8vo; read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: James Brown & Son, Glasgow
Date Published: 1926
Description: Second Edition (stated). Blue cloth over boards with title in gilt on front and spine. No DJ. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2. 155 pages. Illustrated with 21 black & white plates and one color plate of House Flags. Prev. owner's name written in pencil on ffep. Rubbing to cloth with light wear to edges. Some staining to spine, tears to cloth on ends of spine. Light shelfwear to block of pages. End papers yellowed. Occasional age freckles on the pages. In good condition. Binding tight and square. Pages clean and ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles E. Lauriat Co., Boston
Date Published: 1935
Description: Near Fine/Very Good. Clean and tigh, no markings. Copyright page states "First Edition 1925 Printed in Great Britain". Dust jacket is worn and lightly soiled, few small closed tears. $3.50net present on jacket. Frontis plus 22 b/w/plates. 153pp including index. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston, MA
Date Published: 1925
Description: B00085QIXK. VG, corners lightly bumped, bookplate, blind name stamp feps; Bookplate and name stamp of noted yachtsman and lawyer, Wm. Rhodes Hervey, Jr.; First US; Burgundy cloth; 8vo; No DJ. read more
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Red hardback cloth cover
Publisher: James Brown & Son, Glasgow
Date Published: 1926
Description: VG: in very good condition without dustwrapper. Bookplate of previous owner on paste-down. 155pp: B/w plates and plans: 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6") read more
Edition: 1st Ed, 1st Printing
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Charles E. Lauriat, Boston
Date Published: 1925
Description: Photos. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall An interesting and graphic account of the days when the Yankee packet was lord of the westernocean. Brown cloh covers with gilt letters on spine cover. 155 pages. 22 illustrations by photo. A bit of foxing on a few pages. Dust jacket has a bit of edge wear. Book is virtually without wear and is tight and handsome. Certainly for a collector. read more
Description: Very Good. Previously read with moderate shelf wear. No underlining or margin notes present. We are the Twin Cities' largest independent book store. read more
Edition: new edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Brown, Son & Fergunson, Ltd, Glasgow
Date Published: 1956
Description: Octavo, G+/G, white spine w/ black title, dingy wraps w/ a lot of chipping and small closed tears. Hinges cracked. Nautical. 7-108-614446. read more
Edition: New ed
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow
Date Published: 1956
Description: VG in VG dj, bookplate, light tape stains eps. Blue cloth hardback. xiv+146 pp. B&W illustrations. Appendices. History of sailing vessels. read more
Edition: New edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow
Date Published: 1956
Description: xiii + 146pp, 21 b/w reproduction plates, taped on DJ, 8vo. The American packet sailing ships with their self-reliant captains, heavy-fisted mates and hard-bitten crews. Reading copy due to cover but contents Very Good. read more
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