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The Yachtsman's Vade Mecum
by Heaton, Peter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0396076009
- ISBN 13
- 9780396076001
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1978. Hardback Fourth Edition. Hardcover and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. 71 Figures and ten pages on Ropework and Husbandry. Clean and unmarked blue cloth binding with sharp and bright gilt title on spine, no wear to extremities. Front endpaper has a small piece torn off the tip of the lower corner. Internals very clean and completely free of any marks, pages lightly toned along edges. Bright, colorful jacket is unclipped, faint wear to spine ends. The standard reference book for boats and boating, sail and power. This new edition (4th) updates the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, and the Racing Rules; details the changes in distress signals, and the buoyage system; and revises the section on ocean racing. xi, 316 pages including drawings, charts, flags, signaling and flag etiquette diagrams. 8.75 x 5.6 inches. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1978.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015343
- Title
- The Yachtsman's Vade Mecum
- Author
- Heaton, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0396076009
- ISBN 13
- 9780396076001
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- BOATS SAILING BOATING RACING RULES NAVIGATION SHIPS
- X weight
- 0 oz
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