Navigation for Mariners and Aviators
by Captain David Polowe
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Buffalo, New York, United States
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About This Item
Cornell Maritime Press, 1942. 2nd Edition Revised . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green cloth covered flexible boards with mild edgewear and lightly bumped spine ends and corners. Mild soil to text block. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has light toning, rubbing, creasing and soil, and noticeable chipping and small holes from insect nibbling; not price clipped. Binding sound, text clean. B/w illustrations. Interior lightly toned. No previous owner names, bookplates, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Albion Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000116
- Title
- Navigation for Mariners and Aviators
- Author
- Captain David Polowe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition Revised
- Publisher
- Cornell Maritime Press
- Date Published
- 1942
- Pages
- 528
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Albion Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Albion Books
Biblio member since 2021
Buffalo, New York
About Albion Books
Albion Books deals in fine used, out of print and rare books on a wide variety of topics. Specialties include Buffalo/New York history, science, religion, occult, and foreign language. The proprietor has been in the antiquarian book business since 2006.
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
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