Simplified Celestial Navigation
by P.V.H. Weems and E.A. Link, Jr
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
Annapolis, MD: Weems System of navigation, 1940. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG/none, used, maroon colored cloth binding with gilt text on spine and upper, 92pp plus Navigation chart No. 1 in pocket pasted to the rear paste-down. Interior clean, no marks except former owners name stamp twice and penciled name once on the ffep. BNinding tight. Shelf rubbing to exterior, cloth rubbed at the head and tail of the spine, corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small area of white discoloration on the upper cover near spine.
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- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030087
- Title
- Simplified Celestial Navigation
- Author
- P.V.H. Weems and E.A. Link, Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Weems System of navigation
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis, MD
- Date Published
- 1940
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- CELESTIAL NAVIGATION, THE STARS, TRAVEL, FLIGHT
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PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
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About the Seller
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming
About PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...