Woman of Steel: Toughest Yacht Race Ever, as Told by the Only Female Skipper
by Vivien Cherry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Adlard Coles Nautical, 1993. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1993. First Edition. 183 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains colour plates. Signed by the author with dedication to half title page. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering remains bright & clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1657303431DPB
- Title
- Woman of Steel: Toughest Yacht Race Ever, as Told by the Only Female Skipper
- Author
- Vivien Cherry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Adlard Coles Nautical
- Date Published
- 1993
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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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...