The Young Seaman's and Rigger's Guide

Commander C. Burney R.N.

Published by Trübner & Co., 1878

About this Item

1878. Trübner & Co. A Very Scarce and Highly Collectible Hardback in Good- condition. "Eighth Edition - Revised and Corrected. With 200 Illustrations and 16 Sheets of Signals Corrected to Date". Publisher's original blue boards with faded but readable gilt lettering to spine. Wear and crushing to spine ends and corners. Edgewear. Rubbing & marks to boards. Spine faded. Dust toning and general toning to page block, and two tiny ink (?) spots to page block. Foxing/toning to endpapers. One page loose but still present. Edges of approx. 12 pages have small nicks and tears. Name of previous owner neatly in ink on front pastedown. Name of original bookseller (?) in tiny printed letters on front pastedown. Most of the points raised above are of course Age Related. Fit for rebinding. Overall this is a readable and highly collectible treasure of a book, Very Scarce and in Good- condition.

Seller Inventory # CCBYSM001

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Young Seaman's and Rigger's Guide
• Publisher: Trübner & Co.
• Publication Date: 1878
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 640 grams
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