Sailing and Seamanship
by Eric Howells
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G/G-
- Seller
-
Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longmans, 1961. Blue covers with gilt lettering to spine and gilt stamped yacht underway to front, 184pp inc index, with b/w illustrations. Covers have faded top edges, a couple of small marks and foxed page edges, but internally clean and solid. DJ is a bit grubby and wrinkled due to damp and has moderate wear at extremities. But overall a reasonable working copy. Ref:071334. First Edition. Cloth. G/G-. Illus. by W Megoran. 18x25cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001334
- Title
- Sailing and Seamanship
- Author
- Eric Howells
- Illustrator
- W Megoran
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G
- Jacket Condition
- G-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Foxed
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- Edges
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