Handling Sailing Boats: According To Uffa
by Uffa Fox
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Newnes Ltd., 1960. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1960. First Edition. 174 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to text block edges. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Plates are bright and clear, with slight tanning and foxing to edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and mild crushing to spine ends. Light sunning to edges, with a subtle bow. Clipped jacket has moderate surface wear, with small chips, tears and creasing to edges, corners and spine ends. Moderately tanned.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1692708530IEV
- Title
- Handling Sailing Boats: According To Uffa
- Author
- Uffa Fox
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Newnes Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1960
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- 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...
- Text Block
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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...
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...