THE OCEAN SAILING YACHT by Street, Donald
- Bookseller: Epiphanies Used & Rare Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 4174
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition: 1st Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0393031683
- ISBN 13: 9780393031683
- Publisher: W W Norton & Company Inc
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1973
Description
New York: W W Norton & Company Inc. Good in Good dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0-393-03168-3 . "At last, the complete book for anyone owning or hoping to own a cruising sailing yacht-either ocean racing or family cruiser, coastwise or off-shore..." Blue boards, gilt lettering, illustrated, clean & tight, 703 pgs, DJ protected in new Brodart cover, edgewear, small tears, chipping.; 008055; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book. dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book. chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges. tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use. gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example. 8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes. Brodart : Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The name refers to the company by the same name which produces many book repair and archival products.
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