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Cruising Under Sail
by Hiscock, Eric C
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Oxford University Press, 1965. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second edition. xxii, 466pp, with colour plate frontispiece, numerous further monochrome plates, illustrations in text and complete with fold out chart bound in at rear. In blue cloth boards with gilt titles and decorations. 8vo. A large and heavy volume which may incur an additional charge for overseas delivery. Cloth a tad rubbed at corners. Upper text block edge a little dust darkened. Leaf 407/8 has been creased and chapped at edges, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original illustrated dust jacket, worn and rubbed at edges, lightly chipped at corners and slightly blown. A comprehensive guide to cruising under sail.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021552
- Title
- Cruising Under Sail
- Author
- Hiscock, Eric C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.65 lbs
- Keywords
- Boats, Sailing, Cruises, Yatchs, Boating,
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Text Block
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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