The Way of a Ship A Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail
by Derek Lundy
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0066210127
- ISBN 13
- 9780066210124
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Ecco, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 352 pp. As a young man in the 1880s, Benjamin Lundy signed up for unimaginablyhard duty aboard a square-rigged commercial sailing vessel--one destined for a treacherous, white-knuckle passage around the notorious "graveyard of ships", Cape Horn. A century later, author Derek Lundy set out to recount his forebear's journey, resulting in a mesmerizing account of Benjamin's life on board the "Beara Head
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E29872
- Title
- The Way of a Ship A Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail
- Author
- Derek Lundy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0066210127
- ISBN 13
- 9780066210124
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- sailing, square rigger, merchant marine, ships, voyages,
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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