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YACHTING In Two Volumes Badminton Library
by SULLIVAN Sir Edward, PRITCHETT R.T., et al
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/No Jacket-as issued
- ISBN 10
- 0907069223
- ISBN 13
- 9780907069225
- Seller
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Dearborn, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Ashford Presss, 1985-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Jacket-as issued. 2 Volume Hardcover Set, 1985 Ashford Press Facsimile reprint of the original London first edition of 1894. Vol 1 has 479 pages and Vol 2 has 501 pages. Both volumes are Very Good+, no jackets - as issued. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles and accents - corners sharp. No previous owner marks - all pages are bright, clean and crisp. Only flaw is a touch of foxing to the top edge of the textblock (if not for that, this set would present as Like New). Small (7 3/8" x 6" x 2 1/2") but heavy set printed on heavyweight photo-stock paper and richly bound and decorated. Vol 1 has 13 chapters, 17 full page illustrations and 93 additional illustrations. Vol 2 has 13 chapters, 31 full page illustrations and 160 additional illustrations. Really captures the elegance of Yachting in the 19th century. Vol 1 is ISBN-0907069223 and Vol 2 is ISBN-0907069231. LOC SSS-29
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- Bookseller
- Eyebrowse Books - MWABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 151217005
- Title
- YACHTING In Two Volumes Badminton Library
- Author
- SULLIVAN Sir Edward, PRITCHETT R.T., et al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket-as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0907069223
- ISBN 13
- 9780907069225
- Publisher
- Ashford Presss
- Place of Publication
- Shedfield, Hampshire
- Date Published
- 1985-01-01
- Keywords
- Maritime, Yachting
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eyebrowse Books - MWABA
Biblio member since 2007
Dearborn, Michigan
About Eyebrowse Books - MWABA
We are an online, phone and snail mail bookseller.Our books don't need batteries or a license to read. Selling books on-line since 2004. CABS graduate in 2009. Member MWABA since 2013. Excellent customer service, quick shipping, and an assortment of great books. The majority of our inventory is non-fiction general stock with an emphasis on transportation (air, rail, auto), exploration, and military history. We also have hundreds of Vintage Paperbacks that are for the most part not listed online. Eyebrowse Books is always looking for and buying good quality books. We may be reached via e-mail, phone and snail mail. I sincerely appreciate all our customers, new as well as returning ones, and strive every day to present them the most interesting books I can find.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- LOC
- Library of Congress
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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