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The Racing Edge
by Ted Turner; Gary Jobson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671244191
- ISBN 13
- 9780671244194
- Seller
-
Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. Book. Illus. by Bill King. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Good. Stated First Edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Dark blue boards with light gray cloth spine, red metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear, very faint browning to edges. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. 192 pages with index. Clean dust jacket has one v-shaped edge chip, is not price clipped, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Sailing techniques, tactics and philosophy of the America's Cup skipper and his tactician. No authors are more superbly qualified to teach you how to sail to win..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026581
- Title
- The Racing Edge
- Author
- Ted Turner; Gary Jobson
- Illustrator
- Bill King
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0671244191
- ISBN 13
- 9780671244194
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- SAILING, RACING SAILBOATS, TED TURNER, GARY JOBSON, FIRST EDITION, YACHT
- Bookseller catalogs
- ships/sailing/shipwrecks; Sports;
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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