New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1974 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, xi, 481 pp, 169 figures, footnotes, bibliography, index. Extremities lightly rubbed & spine lightly sunned. According to the preface, "This is a book about boats and the sea looked at from the vantage of a quarter of a century as a research oceanographer and of nearly twice that long going to sea in everything from two barrels lashed together to an aircraft carrier. It attempts to explain in practical terms what the ocean is really like, why boats behave as they do, and what the average skipper can do to make his voyages safer and more comfortable." Contents: origin & nature of the oceans; meteorology; ocean circulation; principles of wave motion; ocean waves; ship dynamics; heavy weather seamanship; emergency procedures. Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 8 oz.). . VG/No dj. Illus. by Richard Van Dorn. 28 X 20½ cm.

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Bookseller: Twin City Antiquarian Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: SHSE00001
Title: Oceanography and Seamanship
Author: Van Dorn, William G
Illustrator: Richard Van Dorn
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG
Jacket Condition: No dj
ISBN 10: 039606888X
ISBN 13: 9780396068884
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1974
Keywords: Ships Boats Yachts
Bookseller catalogs: Ships & Boats;
X weight: 64 oz
Size: 28 X 20½ cm

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Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...