Cruising Under Sail
by Eric C. Hiscock
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G+/fair+
- ISBN 10
- 019217522X
- ISBN 13
- 9780192175229
- Seller
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Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Oxford University Press, 1971. Reprint of the 1965 second edition, which has new material added. 250 photographs by the author with 80 diagrams. Blue covers with silver lettering to spine and yacht on front board with yellow additions, 468pp inc index, with fold-out yacht diagram at rear. Colour frontis of Royal Cruising Club meet. Book has modest rubbing to extremities and bumping to head and foot of spine, light foxing to prelims. DJ has serious rubbing to extremities, is stretched, has several nicks and small losses and a couple of large (repaired) closed tears. Decent book in an unattractive DJ. Ref:092971. Second Edition - Reprint. Cloth. G+/fair+. 16cmx23cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002971
- Title
- Cruising Under Sail
- Author
- Eric C. Hiscock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+
- Jacket Condition
- fair+
- Edition
- Second Edition - Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 019217522X
- ISBN 13
- 9780192175229
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
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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- Spine
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- Reprint
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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