The Complete Book of Surfing
by Dixon, Peter L
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near fine
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Coward-McCann, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A nice mid-1960s introduction to surfing by an underwater stuntman.
Illustrated with halftone photographs throughout. 220 pages. First edition (first printing, with no indication of later printings). Spine ends bumped, else a near fine copy in a like dust jacket. The jacket has faint blue lines from an old dust jacket protector and some of the orange lettering on the spine has faded. This copy is signed by the author and dated June 1965. Scarce signed.
Illustrated with halftone photographs throughout. 220 pages. First edition (first printing, with no indication of later printings). Spine ends bumped, else a near fine copy in a like dust jacket. The jacket has faint blue lines from an old dust jacket protector and some of the orange lettering on the spine has faded. This copy is signed by the author and dated June 1965. Scarce signed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Downtown Brown Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 363132
- Title
- The Complete Book of Surfing
- Author
- Dixon, Peter L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Coward-McCann
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- list96
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