Manual of Seamanship. Volume 1. B. R. 67(1). Incorporating Amendment Nos 1-4. 1951
by Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
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London England: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Good/No Jacket. 1959. Reprint. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Quarto Hardback Hardcover. Manual of Seamanship. Vol. 1. Incorporating Amendments Nos 1-4. Foxing to end inside covers. Writing in pencil to back inside cover. Repair to tear to spine. Slight wear to top and bottom edge of spine and corners of cloth. Previous owner initials to edge. Some marks to cloth. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: General Sea Terms. Types of Ship. Design and Construction of Warships: Elementary Ship Construction. Routine, Passing Orders and Organisation. Rope and Its Usage. Rigging. Ship's Boats. Anchors and Cables. The Mariner's Compass. Conning and Steering. Sounding by Lead and Line. Charts: Buoyage: Lights. Naval Communications. Naval Ceremonial Appendix. Index.Illustrations. 290 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) .
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- Title
- Manual of Seamanship. Volume 1. B. R. 67(1). Incorporating Amendment Nos 1-4. 1951
- Author
- Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Her Majesty's Stationery Office
- Place of Publication
- London England
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Non, Fiction, Manual, of, Seamanship, Volume, 1, B, R, 67(1), Incorporating, Amendments, Nos, 1-4, 1951
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