New York, New York, USA: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Thomas Price. Type: Hard Back Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition in a Good Jacket. Dr. Stuart Walker, one of America's leading racing sailors in his day, has written this book taking off where is earlier books left off, with his focus on racing in large fleets, at major championship events, in open water - national regattas, Olympic trials and the like. Clean blue cloth binding with white sailing vessels and spine and gilt lettering. Tight and solid. A touch of wear to corner tips and spine edges. Internals as new. White jacket is clean, with blue and red print, blue sailing vessels; upper edge wear, chipping to upper spine, wrinkling on lower edge, a chip out of the flap edge. Archival protective jacket cover. 399 pages with Glossary and Index. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 1976, W W Norton & Co Inc, New York, New York, USA

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Bookseller: The Parnassus BookShop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 008513
Title: Advanced Racing Tactics
Author: Walker, Stuart H
Illustrator: Thomas Price
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0393031845
ISBN 13: 9780393031843
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Place of Publication: New York, New York, USA
Date Published: 1976
Size: 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
Keywords: YACHT RACING SPORTS RECREATION BOATING
X weight: 0 oz

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...