Race Your Boat Right
by Knapp, Arthur Jr
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Princeton, New Jersey: Van Nostrand, 1952. Book. Illus. by William H. Burroughs, Jr.. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean hardcover first edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gold sailboat decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fading, no wear-through, no fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Well illustrated with photographs and drawings. Introduction by Harold S. Vanderbilt. 296 pages with Index. Clean jacket is not price clipped, has tiny chip at base of spine, with several short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Detailed instructions from a successful skipper on how races are won. No racing skipper or crew member can afford to do without the essential and invaluable advice to be found in this unique book..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034089
- Title
- Race Your Boat Right
- Author
- Knapp, Arthur Jr
- Illustrator
- William H. Burroughs, Jr.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Van Nostrand
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- SAILBOAT RACING, SAILING, ARTHUR KNAPP, JR., FIRST EDITION, BOATS, BOATING
- Bookseller catalogs
- ships/sailing/shipwrecks;
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- New
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
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