Spritsails and Lugsails
by Leather, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Granada Publishing / Adlard Coles. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1979). First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. At end of Volume One is a library pocket and card. This appears to be a private owner's lending library system (card has a rubber personal name stamp), rather than an institutional collection. No other library markings. ; 387, [5] pages. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: oblong 246 x 183mm. Illustrated by the author. "Spritsails and lugsails are amongst the oldest types of rigs in the world and were the most widespread in use. This book offers a practical assessment of spritsail and lugsail rigs for small craft of the present, and surveys the boats and people using the rigs for work or pleasure in Britain and North America over several centuries." - page 15. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22269
- Title
- Spritsails and Lugsails
- Author
- Leather, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Granada Publishing / Adlard Coles
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1979)
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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