The Search for Speed Under Sail 1700-1855
by Howard L. Chapelle
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG, price-clipped, spine ends lightly worn w/ sm tear at dj tail.
- Seller
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Port Washington, New York, United States
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- Bookseller
- North Shore Theory Co. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- G2100474
- Title
- The Search for Speed Under Sail 1700-1855
- Author
- Howard L. Chapelle
- Illustrator
- Illustrated with 36 halftones, 120 text plates, 16 folding plates.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- VG, price-clipped, spine ends lightly worn w/ sm tear at dj tail.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed, 1st printing
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.