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The Adventure of Sail 1520-1914
by Donald Macintyre
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Paul Elek, 1975. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 10" by 12.5" . Various. A second impression copy of this fascinating historical record of sailing ships, by the British naval officer and renowned author of numerous books on British naval history, Donald Macintyre. Tracing the development of sails, rigging and hull design, and retelling stories of maritime exploration and competition among many other things. This copy also features an introduction by the renowned boat designer and sailing enthusiast Uffa Fox. Featuring a tipped in bookplate of a 'Nigel Bassingthwaighte' to the front free-endpaper. Collated, complete with forty four coloured plates, and copious monochrome illustrations throughout. With a custom-made crushed morocco slipcase. In the publisher's original cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper and custom-made crushed morocco slipcase. Externally, lovely. Dustwrapper, lovely. Small section rubbing to rear joint of wrap. Tape repair to vero of wrap to head and tail of spine, not visible to recto. Slipcase slightly rubbed to extremities with slight loss and lifting to leather. Internally firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean throughout. Prior owner's bookplate tipped to front free-endpaper. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 630M41
- Title
- The Adventure of Sail 1520-1914
- Author
- Donald Macintyre
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paul Elek
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- 10" by 12.5"
- Keywords
- Colour Illustrated Dustwrapper Slipcase Illustrated Sail Ship
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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- Bookplate
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- Tipped In
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- Spine
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cloth
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