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Yachts, Boats and Canoes. With Special Chapters on Model Yachts and Single-Handed Sailing
by Stansfeld-Hicks, C
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 1888. First American edition [1888]. Illustrated with line drawings and sixteen folding plans and designs at rear. Royal blue cloth lettered and decorated in black and gilt, yellow endpapers with advertising, 384 pages. Externally a bit worn with wear to the extremities, two short splits to fabric at the spine head, fraying to spine foot, short fabric splits at joints, good hinges (front hinge just starting to crack from the top), sound but no longer tight text block with what appears to be an old glue repair along the inner margin of the contents page, clean pages with no names or other markings. The first folding plan is torn along fold lines into several pieces but is all there, the other plans are very good with some light edgewear to some outer edges. . First US Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031070
- Title
- Yachts, Boats and Canoes. With Special Chapters on Model Yachts and Single-Handed Sailing
- Author
- Stansfeld-Hicks, C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Publisher
- Forest and Stream Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1888
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- MARINE BOATS VESSELS CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHARTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Recreation, Sports and Hobbies;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Text Block
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Fair
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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