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Voyaging Under Power
by Robert Beebe
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About This Item
New York: Seven Seas Press, 1975. First Edition. 8vo. 256 pp. Appendix; Bibliography; Index. Illustrations, tables,and charts. Bound in dark blue morocco with design of sailboat on front cover in light blue leather and gilt onlay; housed in clamshell box with marbled paper & blue leather spine with gilt lettering & design. The book is in fine condition; minor wear to box edges & fading to box spine. When first published in 1975, "Voyaging Under Power" quickly became the "go to" reference for anyone planning an extended voyage under power. As a Captain during World War II aboard an aircraft carrier, Beebe dreamed of one day retiring and cruising the world in a small boat. At that time, no suitable long- distance powerboats existed. Beebe literally had to invent modern powerboat voyaging from scratch. The design parameters he developed for long-distance powerboats are still in use by naval architects today. The resulting boat, Passagemaker, was home to the Beebes for many years and more than 60,000 ocean-crossing miles. What Beebe learned in those years of voyaging became, in 1974, still the most important and influential book ever published on long-distance powerboating.
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- Carpe Diem Fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21803
- Title
- Voyaging Under Power
- Author
- Robert Beebe
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Seven Seas Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
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Carpe Diem Fine Books offers a discriminating selection of out-of-print, signed and unusual books in all fields – with an emphasis on the history and literature of California and the West. Proprietors James Bryant and Mary Hill have served an international clientele of private collectors and libraries since 1995. Their book gallery, located in a charming 1930's Carmel stone building just steps from the Robert Louis Stevenson House in historic Old Monterey, features a constantly changing inventory - from the classics to the unexpected.
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- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- 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...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Marbled Paper
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