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The Corinthian Yachtsman, or Hints on Yachting. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY. IN FULL MOROCCO
by BIDDLE T.E
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
C Wilson late Norie & Wilson,, 1881. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignette, and engraved plate of rigging and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, previous owners' signatures in pencil on blank preliminary; handsomely bound in blue full morocco, gilt back, uncut, original pictorial cloth from upper board and backstrip mounted on separate new leaves, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. With 20pp of trade advertisements (a number illustrated) bound in at rear. Lovely copy of this classic and scarce work, which includes an extensive glossary of terms.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15237
- Title
- The Corinthian Yachtsman, or Hints on Yachting. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY. IN FULL MOROCCO
- Author
- BIDDLE T.E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- C Wilson late Norie & Wilson,
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- naval, maritime, yaching, tyrell biddle, corinthian yachtsman, t.e. biddle, naval, maritime, corinthian, yachtsman, hints, yachting
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- Cloth
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- Leaves
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- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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"...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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