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The Handbook of Sailing
by Bob Bond
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used; Very Good /Used; Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394508386
- ISBN 13
- 9780394508382
- Seller
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Haines City, Florida, United States
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About This Item
NY: Knopf, 1983-07-12. 4th printing. Hardcover. Used; Very Good /Used; Very Good . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York , NY: Alfred Knopf, 1983. VG, hardback, black cloth covers with silver titles on spine,VG Dust Jacket contents are clean and unmarked, octavo 352pp. Elaborately illustrated with hundreds of pictures in color, b/w and diagrams in duo-chromes. Basic sailing; advanced sailing; cruising; navigation; meteorology; maintenance & safety; Appendices on: aero- & hydrodynamics; rope work; boat ownership - finance, insurance, foreign travel; glossary. Extremely comprehensive work.
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- Bookseller
- Books Music Videos 4 U
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABBK12833
- Title
- The Handbook of Sailing
- Author
- Bob Bond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used; Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Used; Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 4th printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394508386
- ISBN 13
- 9780394508382
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1983-07-12
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Keywords
- Sailing,how to, techniques,guide
- X weight
- 35 oz
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