The Romance of Sail
by Michael Leitch
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0600375765
- ISBN 13
- 9780600375760
- Seller
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Brossard, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
First edition, illustrated.
Condition: Very good plus, in very good dust jacket, light edge wear, slight bumping at corners, light creasing at dust jacket edges. This is a large, heavy book and may require additional postage.
The author traces the development of the sailing ship in war and peace. From sow Phoemician galleys to manoeuverable battleships bristling with cannon, and from Egyptian sailing rafts to sleek and powerful schooners and clippers.
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- Bookseller
- Shop-books.ca (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202001709
- Title
- The Romance of Sail
- Author
- Michael Leitch
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0600375765
- ISBN 13
- 9780600375760
- Publisher
- Hamlyn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- used books, discount books; children's books, shop books
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Non-Fiction; History;
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