When Glory of the Seas was first published in 1970 it became the first title in the Mystic Seaport's American Martime Library series. In her final decade she hauled coal on the Pacific Coast and served for a time as a floating fish cannery before being burned for her metal. Michael Jay Mjelde tells her story with grace and detail, and gives special emphasis to her people, from fo'c'sle hands to hard-driving Masters.
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When Glory of the Seas was first published in 1970 it became the first title in the Mystic Seaport's American Martime Library series. In her final decade she hauled coal on the Pacific Coast and served for a time as a floating fish cannery before being burned for her metal. Michael Jay Mjelde tells her story with grace and detail, and gives special emphasis to her people, from fo'c'sle hands to hard-driving Masters.
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Fine in Slipcase jacket. One of 500 copies signed by the author. 1970, First Edition. 303 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. A Fine copy. Like New, in a Near Fine slipcase that shows light soil.
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Fine. Wesleyan University Press, 1970. Limited edition. Hard Cover. Slipcase has very slight rubbing. Cover has negligible shelfwear. Blindstamp of clipper ship 'Glory' on the front cover and gilt decorated cloth spine. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Includes marketing flyer. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Beautiful condition.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Teal boards with blue and gilt graphics and gilt lettering on the spine. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated blue endpapers. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and drawings. This is the "first volume in the American Maritime Library." Page 107 has a 1/2 inch tear on the leading edge. The DJ has a 1/2 inch tear and is not price-clipped. 303 pages.
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Fine Condition in Slipcase. No Dust Jacket as Issued. ....SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (signature only)....//NO REMAINDER MARK//NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKS OF ANY KIND (no names or inscriptions, no bookplate, no underlining, etc) // the slipcase is also in fine condition.
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Fine in Near Fine Slipcase. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "The first volume in the American Maritime Library." Explores the last of the great McKay clipper ships, constructed in 1869, as told by those who built and sailed upon her for 40 years. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Slipcase shows minor shelf/edge wear and a touch of sun, else bright and clean. Quarterbound, blue cloth spine, blue paper boards and spine label, gilt lettering and decorative elements, pictorial endpages, frontispiece, speckled textblock edges. 8vo. 303pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 82 of 500. Signed by the author.
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Fine copy (stamps on end papers) in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar). 4to. 302 pps. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.
