Race Your Boat Right
by Knapp, Arthur, Jr
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1952. Book. Illus. by Burroughs, William H.. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, D. Van Nostrand Co., 1952. Stated first edition. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering embossed on dark blue title field on spine and gilt sailboat embossed on front board, illustrated in black and white with photographs and drawings, 296 pp. No dust jacket. Gift inscription. Spine is slightly sunned and has a few minor bumps. Text block is clean, tight and appears gently read. Very good condition..
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- Respectful Exits
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EM-B1252-05
- Title
- Race Your Boat Right
- Author
- Knapp, Arthur, Jr
- Illustrator
- Burroughs, William H.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D. Van Nostrand Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- SAILBOATS YACHTS COMPETITIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sailing and Maritime Affairs;
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Sunned
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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