Guinness Book of Yachting Facts and Feats by Peter Johnson - 1975

Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd, 1975. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

1975 3 Maps. 18 x 24cms. V/G in D/W. First Edition. Racing under sail, the Yachting Olympics, feats of cruising & voyaging. 36 colour and over 150 black & white illus.Index. End-Paper Sketches. 256 art p.

Guinness Superlatives Limited, 1975. Hardback in very good minus condition with very good plus dust jacket in a protective mylar.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Guinness World Records Limited, 1975. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:0900424303

Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1975. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Large book, shiny mottled dark red boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine, blue illustration of yachts inside covers and adjacent end papers with brief descriptions, 256 heavy photo paper pages, profusely illustrated, some in color. DJ glossy white lightly browned with several color photos on front and back, tiny creases at spine top and bottom edge. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

UK,8vo,HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped to dw/dj.Colour photographic wrap-around illustrated dw/dj; with minimal shelf-wear and creasing to top edge only and lightly bumped head of spine/backstrip - bottom edge virtually untouched.Top+fore-edges near pristine,contents the same.Blue rexine-type boards with stamped,crisp, bright gilt letters to spine/backstrip and blue+white line illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-256pp,includes colour yacht photographic frntis,title page,contents list;an introduction,profuse b/w diagrams and photographs with some colour photographs scattered throughout and an index. In recent years the sea has become a foremost arena for human endeavour.Feats of all types under sail and power are undertaken by crews and individuals.Records are frequently reported - but are they really the first single-handed voyage over a certain ocean,the fastest… Read More