Sailing Ships. The Story Of Their Development From The Earliest Times To The Present Day.

Chatterton, E. Keble

Verlag: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. ,, London, 1909

Beschreibung

FIRST UK EDITION 1909. In the Original blue cloth-covered boards with Bright Gilt titling/decoration to the spine and front cover. A bright gilt decorated border, gilt decoration, and inset colour pictorial panel of a sailing ship to upper cover. A Most attractive and bright copy. Top edge gilt, and the remaining page fore-edges are foxed/tanned with age as usual. Internally very occasional light scattered patching and spotting - mainly to the prelims and page edges, the body of the text is very clean. Only the plain free endpapers are browned. A former owner's name and date (1910) in pencil on the front free endpaper - easily erased, but I have left it in case it has some significance I've missed? (xxi) + (1 blank) + 362pp. Half-title. Full page full colour frontispiece; wood engraved headpiece to Preface. Inserted Errata leaf present before the Contents list. 125 b/w plates plus b/w illustrations in the text. 9 Plans on three folding plates at rear (one fold neatly repaired with archive tape to the reverse). Overall one of the brightest copies of this title I've seen. Bright, clean and tight. This book is overweight at c. 1.5 kilos unpackaged and may require extra postage depending on your location for International buyers only. See Images. ; 8vo Large / Small Thick 4to - 10" x 7.5". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 120066

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Sailing Ships. The Story Of Their ...

Verlag: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. ,, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1909

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good+

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket

Auflage: First Edition; First Printing.