The Beauty Of Sail
by Beken Frank AND Keith:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
First Edition, Robert Ross, London, 1952 100 plates; Text commentary by John Scott Hughes; Hardback: blue cloth decorated in gilt, decorated title-page, large quarto; 2 small areas of damage to top half of spine, scratch to fore edge, vg in worn dustwrapper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookfare (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 162
- Title
- The Beauty Of Sail
- Author
- Beken Frank AND Keith:
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- First Edition, Robert Ross, London, 1952
- Keywords
- SAILING PHOTOGRAPHS YACHTING JOHN SCOTT HUGHES BOATS
Terms of Sale
Bookfare
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
Bookfare
Biblio member since 2014
Ambleside, Cumbria
About Bookfare
Established 1977. Having run shops in Edinburgh and Windermere for twenty-five years, Bookfare is now postal business only.
Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...