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Elements of Yacht Design
by Skene, Norman L[ocke]. (1878-1932)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with spine titled in gilt, upper board with gilt device stamped at center. Minor extremity
- Seller
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Annapolis, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Rudder Publishing Company, 1904. First edition. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. [viii], 77 pages plus plates and ads. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with spine titled in gilt, upper board with gilt device stamped at center. Minor extremity wear, picture of a sailing dinghy pasted to front pastedown, table of weights and strengths of Manila rope on rear pastedown. Small pencil sketches of two hulls and relevant brief notations by prior owner on rear blank leaf. Hinges sound. Attractive copy, near fine overall.. Diagrams, plates of drawings. First edition of this now classic work. Norman L. Skene was a graduate of MIT in naval architecture and worked with Starling Burgess, the designer of several America's Cup racing yachts. He later was a partner in the firm of Paine, Belknap & Skene, naval architects. <br /> <br /> Ref. TOY 4794; MORRIS & HOWLAND p.126.
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- Bookseller
- Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1284
- Title
- Elements of Yacht Design
- Author
- Skene, Norman L[ocke]. (1878-1932)
- Illustrator
- Diagrams, plates of drawings
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth over boards. Octavo. [viii], 77 pages plus plates and ads
- Book Condition
- Used - Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with spine titled in gilt, upper board with gilt device stamped at center. Minor extremity
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Rudder Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- yacht design, america's cup, naval architecture, hull design, sailboat design, sailing, yachts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical & Maritime;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Annapolis, Maryland
About Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
We buy and sell quality used and out-of-print books, with an emphasis on Americana, Military and Naval History, and Nautical material. But we have many good books in a variety of subjects. We are located in historic Annapolis, Maryland.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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