The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor : Or a Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship by Lever, Darcy - 1998-01-27

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Dover Publications, Incorporated. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Dover Publications, Incorporated. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1998. x, 126 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Originally published: 2nd ed. London: J. Richardson, 1819. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. "Widely used among young 19th-century officers in the Royal Navy and East India Company, this now-rare volume offers clear definitions and copious illustrations of the principles of rigging and other aspects of seamanship--tacking, use of a compass, splicing ropes, making sails, and much more. A must for ship fanciers and naval historians." - Publisher.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Dover Publications, 1998-01-27. Facsimile edition. paperback. Used: Good.

Dover Publications, January 1998. Trade Paperback. VG. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Dover Publications, 1998-01-27. Paperback. Like New.

Dover Publications, 1998-01-27. Paperback. New.

Mineola, NY: Dover, 1998 reissue. 126pp. illus. paperback 4to: Fine. A crisp Dover facsimile reissue of the 1819 second edition of English East Indian Company man Darcy Lever's (ca. 1759-1839) magnum opus, written during the heyday of the Napoleonic Era Age of Sail.

Mineola NY: Dover, 1998. Reprint of 2nd Edition. Paperback. As New. Unabridged republication of 2nd edition of 1819. Subtitled "...or a key to the leading of rigging and to practical seamanship." 126 pages, diagrams on each page. ; 9 x 11