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Yacht Designing and Planning: For Yachtsmen, Students, and Amateurs
by Chapelle, Howard Irving
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393037568
- ISBN 13
- 9780393037562
- Seller
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Foster, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
W W Norton & Co Inc, 1995-10-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. W.W. Norton and Company; New York, 1994. Hardcover. A Very Good, burgundy cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, some warping to spine buckram, bit of rubbing to board and spine edges, slightly cocked, scattered foxing top text block edge, some smudge marks and small soiled specks on fore-edge and bottom text block edge, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, trace sunning to flaps, some discoloration to verso top and bottom panels, Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9], 373pp., appendix, indexed, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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- Bookseller
- Lavendier Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1033974
- Title
- Yacht Designing and Planning: For Yachtsmen, Students, and Amateurs
- Author
- Chapelle, Howard Irving
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0393037568
- ISBN 13
- 9780393037562
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995-10-01
- Size
- 9x6x1
- X weight
- 23 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lavendier Books
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Foster, Rhode Island
About Lavendier Books
Selling quailty books for over 20 years.
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- New
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