Partridge Green, Sussex: Maurice Michael, 1979 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 287 pp, preface, 1. The Boatbuilders; 2. Boats without Planks; 3. Early Boats of Planks; 4. On the Mediterranean 5. In the North; 6. The East and Oceania; 7. Advancing Techniques; 8. The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; 9. The Nineteenth Century; 10. The Yacht Builders; 11. The Last Boatbuilders of Timber; 12. Survivals and Revivals; Appendix: Marine Drafting Methods; glossary, bibliography, acknowledgments, index with b&w illustrations and line drawings throughout. First Edition, 1979. Price clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, and pictorial end-papers..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003773
Title: The Building of Boats
Author: Phillips-Birt, Douglas
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0540071870
ISBN 13: 9780540071876
Publisher: Maurice Michael
Place of Publication: Partridge Green, Sussex
Date Published: 1979
Keywords: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING BOATBUILDING HISTORY TIMBER BOATS THROUGH THE 19TH CENTURY
Bookseller catalogs: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY;
Size: 4to

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