The Sailboat Manual. A Book of Practical Information in Reference to Sailboats, Including the Proper Selection of Proper Type and the Handling of Yachts Under All Conditions UNDERSIZE

White, Gerald T.

Verlag: Rudder Publishing Co., New York, 1925

Beschreibung

Demy duodecimo, [15.5cm/6.2inches], full Mystic blue pictorial cloth, sans dust jacket, pp. 147. Illustrated with b-w halftones and pen & ink sketches; glossary subsequent to text. Lightly, -and quite comfortably-, worn on extremities, [i. e. corners]; otherwise in exceptionally good condition. A little gem of a book. . The monthly Rudder Magazine for Yachtsmen was first published in 1891 and ceased publication in June 1977. The magazine s founder and first editor, Thomas Fleming Day, born Somerset, England in March 1861, died 19 August 1927 at his home in Harlem, New York, was working in 1890 as a boat salesman for a shop on Dey Street in New York which also produced a catalog of nautical wares. His employer thought that "getting out a little paper" and charging for advertising space would be more lucrative than producing all those free catalogs. Mr Day obliged. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. (17780) Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 23367

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Sailboat Manual. A Book of Practical ...

Verlag: Rudder Publishing Co., New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1925

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag

Auflage: First Impression.