Search Results: Books by howard ichapelle

W.W.Norton & Company Inc., 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1936. No Edition Remarks. 319 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear and water marks to boards.

United States Government Printing Office, 1960. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1960. No Edition Remarks. 327 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.

New York: Nortion, 1951. First Edition. Hardbound. Near fine/Near fine. Originally published 1951, this is considered the classic among small-boat builders and historians. In it Chapelle has documented many fast-vanishing working boats, making this the authoritative history of a passing maritime fleet.