Offshore A Complete Introduction to Ocean Racing and Cruising, Modern Yacht Handling and Equipment
by Illingworth, Captain E. J. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. First Edition. First printing Very good- in royal blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a bright gilt decoration on the front board and with illustrated end sheets. The cloth at the head of the spine has a 1/2" closed tear and the cloth at the heel of the spine is rubbed and there is minor foxing to the fore edge of the text block. Without its issued dust jacket. A quarto measuring 11" tall by 8 1/2" deep containing 261 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated throughout with line drawings one white photographs throughout.color plate (frontispiece) and 21 black and white plates.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB22508
- Title
- Offshore A Complete Introduction to Ocean Racing and Cruising, Modern Yacht Handling and Equipment
- Author
- Illingworth, Captain E. J. H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
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- Fore Edge
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- Text Block
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- Gilt
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- Heel
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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