Elements of Yacht Design
by Norman L. Skene
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Dodd, Mead & Co., 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1945. No Edition Remarks. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations and photographs. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to front hinge with exposed binding, causing board to be slightly loose. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have heavy edge wear with bumping to corners and rub wear all over. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Dark rubbed marking and scuffing to surfaces. Notable water staining and white marking overall. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Brown marking to boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1628856601ADA
- Title
- Elements of Yacht Design
- Author
- Norman L. Skene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Co.
- Date Published
- 1945
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.