Author: LAING, ALEXANDER; THORNDIKE, JOSEPH J. (EDITOR)
Title: The American Heritage History of Seafaring America
Description: New York: American Heritage Publishing Company, Inc, 1974. Hardcover. ISBN: 0070358486. A pictorial history of American seafaring. With dozens (possibly hundreds) of color and black & white drawings, paintings and reproductions of documents. Includes a foreword by author Alexander Laing. Edited by Joseph J. Thorndike. --- A deluxe version of the original, in slipcase. In turquoise buckram cloth-covered boards with image of an American eagle in blind to front panel, gilt-stamped spine titling. Black paper-covered slipcase with color image of a gilded bird figurehead mounted a ship's prow pasted to one panel. --- A well-preserved, tightly-bound copy, though spine titling is dulled and spine is mildly sunned. Structurally sound slipcase with a little rubbing, otherwise in good shape. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.) ; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; [9], 10-344, [8] pages. Very Good+ .

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