The Care and Handling of Sails
by DeFONTAINE, W.H. [Wade Hampton]
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Thomaston, Maine, United States
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About This Item
City Island, New York: Ratest & Lapthorn Inc, 1950. Second Printing. Staplebound. Very good. W.H. deFontaine. Second Printing. 12mo (7 1/8" X 3 5/8"); 30pp; navy printed wrapper with a vignette of a sailboat to the front; 2 staple binding; vignette of a sailmaker to title page; text and illustrations in navy ink; rubbing of spine, small chip to tail, light soiling to front wrapper; interior clean and binding tight; very good. Recorded but not found in any WorldCat libraries. Handy and informative booklet on sailing. Last page includes an ad for the 16mm film by Ratsey & Lapthorn on The Art & Craft of Sailmaking, and recommended reading.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 548
- Title
- The Care and Handling of Sails
- Author
- DeFONTAINE, W.H. [Wade Hampton]
- Illustrator
- W.H. deFontaine
- Format/Binding
- Staplebound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- Ratest & Lapthorn Inc
- Place of Publication
- City Island, New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Nautical / Marine
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About the Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
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Thomaston, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Worldcat
- Worldcat is a collaborative effort produced by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) and supported and used by 72,000 libraries...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.