Racing Sailormen by F. S. Cooper - 1963

Percival Marshall, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1963. No Edition Remarks. 109 pages. Illustrative jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends. Light scuffing to edges.

London: Percival, Marshall & Co Ltd, 1963 A splendidly complete history of the Thames & Medway sailing barge matches from their inception in 1826 to 1962. Race descriptions, records, race courses, photos of winning barges & many of the crews. 106pp. 45 excellent illus of barges.
This copy bears the author's signature on the title page.
D/J is good only has a few small tears and a fair amount of rubbing on spine, with a small chip, and wear to extremities - but it has done its job. Book rates VG.
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Percival and Co, 1963. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:

London: Percival Marshall & Co. G: in Good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 260mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). 109pp. .

London: Percival, Marshall & Co. 1963. Large 8vo. 109 pp,. Blue hardcover with pictoral dustjacket. Slight fading to the head of the spine. Wear to the edges of the jacket with loss to the head of the spine. Clean and bright internally with pictoral endpapers depicting the flags of owners of barges racing 1862-1938, tear to the rear endpaper. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1963.

Cooper, F.S.: 1963 UK, hardcover with dustjacket 109 pages.. Racing with Sailing Barges, History, with results and photographs. In very good condition

London: Percival Marshall, 1963. A history of Sailing Barge Racing on the Thames and Medway from 1826-1962. 109 pages in very good, clean condition. Illustrated. Endpapers are a little yellowed and are illustrated with flags. Blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Light wear on the edges, head/tail of spine. Corners are bumped. Blue DJ with illustration and white titles. Small tears and chips on corners and edges. Not price clipped. VG/VG-. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/VG-.