WINDS, WAVES AND MARITIME STRUCTURES: Studies in Harbour Making and in the Protection of Coasts
by Minikin, R. R
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Good+
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Charles Griffin & Company Ltd., 1950. 216 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled. Corners slightly bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Previous owner's name on front paste-down. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild chipping to corners and spine ends. Spine a bit sunned. Price clipped. Illust. w/ b/w figures.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20505NAUT
- Title
- WINDS, WAVES AND MARITIME STRUCTURES: Studies in Harbour Making and in the Protection of Coasts
- Author
- Minikin, R. R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Griffin & Company Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- NAUTICAL HISTORY MARITIME WINDS OCEAN WAVES HARBORS SHORE PROTECTION MARITIME STRUCTURES HARBOUR MAKING COASTS PROTECTION TRANSPORTATION NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical; Transportation; Transportation - Boats;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Text Block
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- Spine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
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