Sailing I. Cruising by Kemp, P.K - 1938

Adam & Charles Black, 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1945. Reprinted. 254 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Light thumb-marking present. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be loose. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Binding is shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Book is slightly forward leaning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Scuffing and some dark rubbed marking overall. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Adam & Charles Black, 1945. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1945. Reprinted. 254 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black & white, illustrations and plates. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket. Panels have light edge wear with tears and creasing. Loss to top of spine.