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The Rutters Of The Sea The Sailing Directions of Pierre Garcie A study of the first English and French printed sailing directions.
by Waters, D. W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1967. First Edition. First Printing Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a blind embossed compass rose on the front board. A quarto of 11 1/2 by 9 inches. In very good, unclipped dust jacket with a 3 1/2 long rent to the rear panel and with a dampness stain to the spine edge of the rear panel which did not migrate to the rear board. 478 pages including an index, glossary and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and facsimile reproductions throughout.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB32337
- Title
- The Rutters Of The Sea The Sailing Directions of Pierre Garcie A study of the first English and French printed sailing directions.
- Author
- Waters, D. W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, Conn.
- Date Published
- 1967
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Fine
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- Cloth
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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