Manual of Seamanship - 2 Volumes
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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About This Item
His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1926. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Two volumes (complete). A generously owned couple of books. Volume I: 1908 edition, revised and reprinted in 1926. The boards are scruffy with much wear, scuffing, marks, depreciation. However, they are steady and comfortable. The contents have much evidence of use throughout. There are creases, there is wear to the edges about the edges, there are some handling and user marks. However, the contents are certain, confident, more than competent, alert. Volume II: 1933 edition, reprinted in 1944. A steady copy. The navy blue boards have wear about all edges and corners and seams from shelving and use. The spine has wear from shelving to the head and foot. The boards are steady and sound. The contents are mild-mannered. The contents have pencilled annotations. From thereon the pages are smart, tidy, pleasingly clear and clean, competent, assured. Please note that due to the weight of the set should the books need be posted to the outside of South Africa, extra postal charges may be required. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chapter 1 Books (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6rg
- Title
- Manual of Seamanship - 2 Volumes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- His Majesty's Stationery Office, London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Chapter 1 Books
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Johannesburg
About Chapter 1 Books
Chapter 1 trades out of three premises that are all in the Johannesburg area. Our emphasis is on providing quality books at highly competitive prices. A large (and continuously growing) selection of our books are listed on various websites on the internet. We specialise in Modern First Editions, Rhodesiana, Africana and other rare and out of print books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...