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Sailing Craft: Mostly Descriptive of Smaller Pleasure Sail Boats of the Day.
by SCHOETTLE, Edwin J. (editor), with introduction by A. Edward Newton; embodying writings of well known sailors, illustrated by Harry Parker
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1945. Reprint originally published in 1928. Small quarto (10.25" x 7.75"), XXI & 786 pp., with illustrations from photographs plus drawings by Harry Parker. Publisher's green cloth lettered in black on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket.
Brief wear at spine extremities & corners, lightly rubbed, modest foxing/ offsetting mostly at endpapers, pastedowns, & edges of the textblock, gift inscription in ink at front pastedown, otherwise very good in worn dust jacket, rubbed, creased, soiled, with edge wear including tears & losses, good or so.
"One of the most authoritative and complete books on sailing and racing ever published." ~From the dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1501
- Title
- Sailing Craft: Mostly Descriptive of Smaller Pleasure Sail Boats of the Day.
- Author
- SCHOETTLE, Edwin J. (editor), with introduction by A. Edward Newton; embodying writings of well known sailors, illustrated by Harry Parker
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American Yacht Racing, International Racing, Sailing, Sailboats
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maritime, Nautical; Sailing, Yachting;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
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- Jacket
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- Reprint
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Quarto
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