Power Boat Hand Book. Piloting, Boat Handling and Seamanship
Published by New York: The Rudder Publishing Co., 1937
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Richard Cady Rare Books, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.Richard Cady Rare Books
AbeBooks seller since January 16, 2020
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 30.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Large 12mo; 200 pages; blue cloth boards, title lettered in dark blue on spine and front cover. The fourth edition, with new chapters on piloting, international code, latitude sight, propeller data, and a formula for quick and simple compass corrections. Illustrated with five plates of photos of wonderful 1930s motor boats, and hundreds of diagrams, small photos, charts etc. This copy with slight soiling to binding, and light foxing to endpapers and a few pages at the beginning and end. Scarce edition of one of the bibles of boating.
Seller Inventory # 214
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Power Boat Hand Book. Piloting, Boat Handling and Seamanship
- Author
- GRAY (Alan)
- Publisher
- New York: The Rudder Publishing Co.
- Publication year
- 1937
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 4th Edition
Richard Cady Rare Books
Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since January 16, 2020
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I have been an antiquarian book, autograph, mss, book related art and poster dealer for some 50 years. I am a graduate of Northwestern University. I was an associate of Hamill & Barker in Chicago, then manager/buyer for Marshall Field's fine Rare Book, map, print, poster, book related art, autograph and mss dept. for seven years. Sole prop. of Richard Cady Rare Books first in NY, then Chicago, and for the last 25 years in Prescott, Arizona. My bibliography and reference library consists of some 1500 volumes. My stock is about the same size. Fine selection of books about books, fine turn-of-the-century publisher's trade bindings, English and American literature, Raj India, southwest Americana, the English and American 1890s period, and rare and interesting books in all fields. I am a stickler on condition. And having been an antiquarian bookseller for over 50 years now I am beginning to entertain booksellers' inquiries re: my reference library, stock, book related posters and prints, and a large number of five-stack, glass front, Globe Wernicke book cases.…
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Richard Cady Rare Books
AZ, U.S.A.