The Yacht " Alice": Twenty Years After and A Cruise in the Weat Indies, with Illustrations, Plans and Appendix
by Howard, Henry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1946. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 1/4" X 5 3/4. This extensive revision [of the 1926 edition] in the light of 20 years experience and the addition of the author's recent cruise through the West Indies bring it back to yachting readers after many out-of-print years, a much better book than erver before." (front flap) 230 pp. plus Index to Parts I and II. Illustrated with drawings and b/w photographs. Book has blue cloth covered boards with gold text on spine and front panel. Spine ends are slightly rubbed and age toning is evident. Book is tight and square. Price-clipped DJ has edge wear with chipping and loss of material. See Pictures. Bookseller's Inventory # 205635
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005635
- Title
- The Yacht " Alice": Twenty Years After and A Cruise in the Weat Indies, with Illustrations, Plans and Appendix
- Author
- Howard, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8 1/4" X 5 3/4
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Chipping
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.