Ed Holm (763 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardback. Condition: Good. More than a hundred breathtaking photographs that transport us back to the lavish, romantic world of sailing and yachting in its heyday at the turn of the century. The pictures -- glass-plate images documenting sail and steam from the earliest days of popular photography in the 1880s up to 1905 -- portray pleasure boats at their most magnificent during the height of the Gilded Age, when the largest and fastest cutters and sloops battled for possession of the world's most coveted sporting trophy, and when every yacht was a one-of-a-kind handcrafted creation with its own personality. We see the>Puritan with her breakthrough design (it won the America's Cup) . . . the schooner>Casco, which sailed into fame when Robert Louis Stevenson and family chartered her for a six-month cruise of the South Seas . . . the 119-foot>Dungeness, owned by Lucy Carnegie, sister-in-law of Andrew. Here as well are photographs of catboats -- eminently seaworthy and delightfully uncomplicated . . . the>Atalanta, a 233-foot steam yacht, owned by Jay Gould and manned by a crew of fifty-two (when Gould was blackballed because of his notorious financial dealings, he founded the American Yacht Club) . . . the>Valiant, William K. Vanderbilt's 291-foot, 2,400-ton steamer, with a crew of sixty-two and more than twenty staterooms for family and friends . . . the>Niagara -- graced by a Renaissance Revival drawing room 36 feet wide, a library, a photographic darkroom, and a recreation hall with an electrically operated orchestrion. Sailing stories, racing stories, shipbuilding stories, stories of courage and peril -- brilliantly told in the entertaining and informative text by Ed Holm.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. pp.xii, 191 pages, a Fine paperback, of a book in the Themes in Religious Studies series [185567095X].

Hardback. Condition: Good. More than a hundred breathtaking photographs that transport us back to the lavish, romantic world of sailing and yachting in its heyday at the turn of the century. The pictures -- glass-plate images documenting sail and steam from the earliest days of popular photography in the 1880s up to 1905 -- portray pleasure boats at their most magnificent during the height of the Gilded Age, when the largest and fastest cutters and sloops battled for possession of the world's most coveted sporting trophy, and when every yacht was a one-of-a-kind handcrafted creation with its own personality. We see the>Puritan with her breakthrough design (it won the America's Cup) . . . the schooner>Casco, which sailed into fame when Robert Louis Stevenson and family chartered her for a six-month cruise of the South Seas . . . the 119-foot>Dungeness, owned by Lucy Carnegie, sister-in-law of Andrew. Here as well are photographs of catboats -- eminently seaworthy and delightfully uncomplicated . . . the>Atalanta, a 233-foot steam yacht, owned by Jay Gould and manned by a crew of fifty-two (when Gould was blackballed because of his notorious financial dealings, he founded the American Yacht Club) . . . the>Valiant, William K. Vanderbilt's 291-foot, 2,400-ton steamer, with a crew of sixty-two and more than twenty staterooms for family and friends . . . the>Niagara -- graced by a Renaissance Revival drawing room 36 feet wide, a library, a photographic darkroom, and a recreation hall with an electrically operated orchestrion. Sailing stories, racing stories, shipbuilding stories, stories of courage and peril -- brilliantly told in the entertaining and informative text by Ed Holm.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Binding is tight. Pages unmarked and barely aged. Cover has only a little wear, but fore-edge is curled, affecting some pages as well. ; Blueroad Readers; 226 X 18 X 203 millimeters; 256 pages. Kent Aldrich; Dale Kennedy; Joel Moline; William Andrew Myers (illustrator).…

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Condition: Very Good. 1st. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Kent Aldrich; Dale Kennedy; Joel Moline; William Andrew Myers (illustrator). …

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hardcover. Condition: Good. Includes dust jacket. Back hinge has cracked. Binding re-glued. Dust jacket is in good condition with some small tears along the edges. Book shows common (average) signs of wear and use. Binding is still tight. Covers are intact but may be repaired. We have 75,000 books to choose from -- Ship within 24 hours -- Satisfaction Guaranteed.…

Paperback. Ex-library. Slightly worn and scuffed. Else good. 187 pages. 187 pp.

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Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail. Kent Aldrich; Dale Kennedy; Joel Moline; William Andrew Myers (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Kent Aldrich; Dale Kennedy; Joel Moline; William Andrew Myers (illustrator).

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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Book is clean & tight with unmarked pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. pp.xii, 202 pages, a Fine copy hardback (laminated boards so no dust-jacket called for) of a book in the Themes in Religious Studies series [1855670984].