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The Sailor's Sea-Book. Rudimentary Treatise on Navigation; in Two Parts I. How to Keep the Log and Work it Off II On Finding the Latitude and Longitude (complete)
by Greenwood, James
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About This Item
London; John Weale, 1857., 1857. Hardcover. THIRD EDITION. 12 mo. vi, 166 pp. Colour frontispiece of British Flags, 8 plates to rear including 2 further Flags plates in colour; map, tables and diagrams in text. Book Condition: Very Good. Full tan calf; black leather label with gilt titles and ruling to spine. All edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Corners a little bruised, boards lightly scuffed and edges rubbed. Reference number to tail of spine. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown; stamp of South Shields Public Library Reference Department to title page and margin of 14 leaves with reference numbers to verso title page, otherwise contents clean & tight. Directions for Great Circle Sailing, An Essay on the Law of Storms and Variable Winds and Explanations of Terms used in Ship-Building to rear. Scarce.
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- Keel Row Books
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- Title
- The Sailor's Sea-Book. Rudimentary Treatise on Navigation; in Two Parts I. How to Keep the Log and Work it Off II On Finding the Latitude and Longitude (complete)
- Author
- Greenwood, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- London; John Weale, 1857.
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- Maritime
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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