The Search for Speed Under Sail 1700-1855 By Howard I. Chapelle [FIRST Edition ASPREY Full Leather Binding]

Howard I. Chapelle

Verlag: New York: W.W. Norton and Company Inc., 1967

New York: W.W. Norton and Company Inc., First Edition, 1967. Finely bound in full leather for Asprey by either Sangorski and Sutcliffe or Bayntun Riviere, gilt titles to the spine, gilt filet to the boards, all page edges gilt, marbled end papers, inner gilt dentelles, Asprey in gilt to the front paste down. With thirty-four illustrations, and 12 fold out ship plans/drawings, illustrated to the front and back and back of the folding plate. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 10 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles and gilt lined compartments. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition gilt filet to the board edges, minor marks. Page edges very good condition all edges gilt. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound. Paste downs very good condition marbled, gilt decoration (dentelles) to the leather turn-ins, Asprey in gilt to the front. End papers very good condition marbled. Title very good condition gently tanned. Pages very good condition. Binding very good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1967 Binding: Hardback. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1698182865230

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Search for Speed Under Sail 1700-1855 By...
Verlag: New York: W.W. Norton and Company Inc.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1967
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Auflage: 1st Edition