John Corderoy (31 results)
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Published by London Studio Vista; New York Watson-Guptill, 1967
- Hardcover
Seller: Epilonian Books, Manhattan Beach, CA, U.S.A.Epilonian Books
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Acceptable. London Studio Vista; New York Watson-Guptill [Published Date: 1967]. Hardcover, 104 pp. No other printings listed. In acceptable condition / no dust jacket. Pictorial paper over boards have 2" tears to the paper along the hinges of the top of the spine. Light overall scuffing, aging and soiling…to covers as well. Binding is solid. A few pages have some underlining and margin notes in ink. A solid reading copy. Not Ex-library. [From back cover] Binding or rebinding books to one's own design can be a fascinating hobby. This book is a guide for the complete beginner, and explains all you need to know to produce attractive bindings. Starting with sheets of paper and carrying right through to the final lettering and decoration, there are step-by-step instructions on how to carry out the various processes. There are sections on rebinding sewn and unsewn books, binding pamphlets, repairing torn pages and cloth covers, and simple leather binding. There are suggestions for the use of unusual materials and decorations, and the descriptions of standard tools and equipment include substitutes and improvisations to help avoid expense. The many helpful line drawings and photographs, and the 4 pages of full colour, will whet the beginner's appetite.
Language: English
Published by Watson-Guptill, New York, 1967
- Hardcover
Seller: MacBooks, watsonville, CA, U.S.A.MacBooks
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. remnants of small sticker lower right front cover; owner name in neat lettering to inside front cover. o/w tight, clean, bright.

Cruising and Ocean Racing (The Lonsdale Library, Volume XV)
Martin, E.G.; Irving, John; Barnett, J.R.; Corderoy, George; Lyall, W.; Kirkpatrick, J.B.; Maclean-Buckley, J.; Meek, W. McC.; Richardson, L.; Somerset, R.; Underhill, Sir Arthur; Waite, Brian; Etc., Etc.
Language: English
Published by Seeley Service & Co., 1933
- Hardcover
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No jacket. Faint circular stain on front board, hinges broken. 1933 Hard Cover. 592 pp. Front endpapers illustrated with the standing running rigging of a cruising yawl. Rear endpapers illustrated with some cruising rigs, the names of sails, and the parts of sails. A collection of ship ter…minology with over 500 illustrations.
Published by Studio Vista; Watson-Guptill 1967 verso, London, NY, 1967
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. fair EX LIBRARY COPY WITH ALL EXPECTED DISTINCTIONS.SPINE # POCKET, VARIOUS LIBARRY STAMPINGS.BUT FIRMLY BOUND, AND NOT OTHERWISE MARKED UP, NOR ABUSED. BLACK REINFORCING LIBRARY TAPE TO SPINE STRIP.; COVER ART SHOWS various books with "transfer" technique cover art. Illustrated by SWEE…T, ERIC illustrations (illustrator).

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Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. 95 p., 8 p. de pl. en noir et en coul., 21 cm. Traduit par Françoise Abhervé. Traduction de Bookbinding for beginners. Collection Mains agiles. Dessins de Eric Sweet. Très bel exemplaire. Pages propres. Reliure solide.
Published by Watson-Guptil, 1967
- Hardcover
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. VG, unmarked HB; no DJ.

Published by Studio Vista, 1967
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Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 104 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations and photographs with colour photographs throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning…and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
Published by Watson-Guptill. NY. (c1967)., 1967
- Hardcover
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
Contact seller5-star seller104pp. small 8vo Line illustrations by Eric Sweet + photos in black & white & in color. Laminated pictorial boards. A few tiny spots on covers, else fine/ no dj.
Published by London Studio Vista; New York Watson-Guptill
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Condition: Bueno. : Este libro, titulado 'La Reliure à la portée des débutants', es una guía para principiantes en el arte de la encuadernación. Publicado en 1974 por Dessain et Tolra, el libro contiene 95 páginas con numerosas ilustraciones en blanco y negro. Es una traducción de 'Bookbinding for beginners' y forma parte de la…colección 'Mains agiles'. EAN: 9782249220135 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Arte y Cultura Título: La Reliure à la portée des débutants Autor: John Corderoy Editorial: DESSAIN ET TOLRA Idioma: fr Páginas: 95 Formato: tapa blanda.
Published by London; New York Studio Vista; Watson-Guptill [1967]., 1967
- Hardcover
Seller: Alec R. Allenson, Inc., Westville, FL, U.S.A.Alec R. Allenson, Inc.
Contact seller4-star sellerVG lt. spotted orig. printed oilcloth Goldencraft binding. 104 p.; 4 color pl., profusely illus. in text; 19 cm. Guide to tools and machines used in hand binding. Illustrated by line illus. by Eric Sweet. Binding is Hardcover.
Published by Studio Vista, London, 1967
- First Edition
Seller: Kadriin Blackwell, Greensville, ON, CanadaKadriin Blackwell
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Add to basketPictorial Cover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. Spine has crease or crack, running 2/3 down. Section for pp. 71-86 has loose sewing but is still attached. Sweet, Eric (illustrator). Book.
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, 1935
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Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United KingdomRyde Bookshop Ltd
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Firmly bound brown boards with gilt decorations. Some handling wear to spine edges with marks and scuffing to surfaces; rubbed and bumped corners. Mostly clean inside, with tanning and foxing to pages, edges and end papers. Signed on the front paste down by the previous owner. No jacket. Wi…th over five hundred illustrations (illustrator).
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United KingdomRyde Bookshop Ltd
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Firmly bound brown boards with gilt decorations. Some marks to cloth surfaces. Clean inside, with tanning to page edges. Signed on the front paste down by the previous owner. Jacket has some marks and tears to hinges and edges, price clipped. Magazine cutting of a motor bo…at stuck in on the title page. With over five hundred illustrations (illustrator).

La reliure à la portée des débutants
Corderoy, John ; Abhervé, Françoise [translator] ; Sweet, Eric [illustrator]
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First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; inside wrappers lightly foxed. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; Mains agiles ; 17. Physical description; 95 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Notes; Translated from "Bookbinding for Beginners." Subjects; Bookbinding Handbooks, manual…s, etc. 1 Kg.
More imagesPublished by Seeley, Service & Co Ltd, London, 1935
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jim's Old Books, Kirkwall, United KingdomJim's Old Books
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. No dustwrapper, some bumping and shelf-wear to spine ends and corners of brown buckram boards, a patch of old water marking to back cover, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a not too bad copy, with gilt titles on spine and gilt monogram on front board all still brig…ht, of this hard-cover book. Number 15 (XV) in the publisher's "The Lonsdale Library" series, this book contains forty-nine chapters by various authors on all aspects of sailing and yachting. No publication date shown, but was first published in 1935, and the list of other titles on page facing half-title goes up to volume 20 which was "ready September 1935". A heavy book, packaged weight is over 1 kilo, so extra postage will be required from buyers outside the UK. 589pp, 63 full-page b&w illustrations plus smaller b&w diagrams in the text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

La reliure à la portée des débutants
Corderoy, John ; Abhervé, Françoise [translator] ; Sweet, Eric [illustrator]
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First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; inside wrappers lightly foxed. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; Mains agiles ; 17. Physical description; 95 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Notes; Translated from "Bookbinding for Beginners." Subjects; Bookbinding Handbooks, manual…s, etc. 1 Kg.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 11.34x10.00x1.73 inches. In Stock.

Published by London New York : Studio Vista ; Watson-Guptill, 1967
- Hardcover
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Very good copy in the original colour-printed boards. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 104 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm. Subject: Bookbinding ; Handbooks, manu…als, etc. 1 Kg.

Published by London New York : Studio Vista ; Watson-Guptill, 1967
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Very good copy in the original colour-printed boards. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 104 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm. Subject: Bookbinding ; Handbooks, manu…als, etc. 1 Kg.
CRUISING & OCEAN RACING.
E G MARTIN, JOHN IRVING. J R BARNETT. GEORGE CORDEROY, W LYALL, J B KIRK.ATRICK, J MACLEAN-BUCKLEY. W McC. MEEK, L RICHARDSON. R SOMERSET. SIR ARTHUR UNDERHILL & BRIAN WAITE
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Seller: Ernesto Julián Friedenthal, Buenos Aires, CABA, ArgentinaErnesto Julián Friedenthal
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Add to basketEncuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Muy bien. Edición Ilustrada. London, The Lonsdale Library, Volume XV, 1945, 592 pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: Types of Cruising Yachts. The Design of Cruising Yachts. Yachts Construction. Yachts Cruising Yachts With Auxiliary Power. Some Details of Arrangements For Lightin…g, Heating, Sanitation, Masts and Spars. Sails. Dinchies. Ground Tackle. Botswain's Stores. Boatswain's Work. Painting and Varnishing. Fitting-Out. Preparing For Sea. Getting Under Way. Manoeuvering Under Sail. Passage-Making. Light Weather Gear. Heavy Weather. Anchorage, Bringing Up and Stowing Away. Anchor Work, Mooring. Coastwise Yacht Navigation. Weather-Lore. Rule of the Road. Accidents and Mishaps. Working Repairs. Cooking. The Ship's Papers and Registration. The Engagement of Paid Hands. Going Foreign. Through the French Canals to the Mediterranean. Insurance. Laying-Up. Permanent Moorings. Standing Rigging. Running Rigging. Some Legal Aspects of Yachting. Flag Etiquette. The Medicine Chest. Single-Handed Sailing. Trade Wind Sailing. Ocean Racing. The Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club. The Royal Cruising Club. The Cruising Association. The Clyde Crusing Club. The Royal Ocean Racing. The Little Ship Club. The Irish Cruising Club. Books For the Yachtsman. General Index and Glossary of Sea Terms. Index to Legal Aspects of Yachting. With hundreds of Illustrations. Ilustrado con 415 figuras y 63 planchas. Muy buena encuadernación tela de editor, lomo con decoraciones y letras doradas. Muy buen estado. 4to.

Published by Studio Vista, 1967
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Add to basketCondition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book. Ex rebo…und library copy with usual stamps & stickers.
Published by Dessain et Tolra,, Paris,, 1974
- Softcover
Seller: Librairie Christian Chaboud, Bruxelles, BelgiumLibrairie Christian Chaboud
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Add to basketBroché, 95 pages. Exemplaire de bibliothèque. Bon état.

Published by Dessain et Tolra, Paris, 1977
- Softcover
Seller: Librairie les mains dans les poches, Tourbes, FranceLibrairie les mains dans les poches
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Add to basketCondition: Très bon. In-8 de 95 pp.; broché illustré. Avec figures et photographies. La librairie offre aux clients d'AbeBooks 20% de réduction sur l'ensemble de son catalogue. Prix d'origine : 10 EUR.
Published by Seeley Service & Co. Ltd, London England
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. The Lonsdale Library. Vol. XV. Cruising. Ocean Racing. Slight foxing to edge. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: Types of Cruising Yachts. The Design of Cruising Yachts. Yacht Construction. Cruising Yauchts With Auxilliary Power. Some Details… of Arrangements For Lighting, Heating, Sanitation, Etc., Etc. Masts and Spars. Sails. Dinchies. Ground Tackle. Botswain's Stores. Boatswain's Work. Painting and Varnishing. Fitting-Out. Preparing For Sea. Getting Under Way. Manoeuvering Under Sail. Passage-Making. Light Weather Gear. Heavy Weather. Anchorage, Bringing Up and Stowing Away. Anchor Work, Mooring, Etc. Coastwise Yacht Navigation. Weather-Lore. Rule of the Road/ Accidents anmd Mishaps. Working Repairs, Etc. Cooking. The Ship's Papers and Registration. The Engagement of Paid Hands. Going Foreign. Through the French Canals to the Mediterranean. Insurance. Laying-Up. Permanent Moorings. Standing Rigging. Running Rigging. Some Legal Aspects of Yachting. Flag Etiquette. The Medicine Chest. Single-Handed Sailing. Trade Wind Sailing. Ocean Racing. The Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club. The Royal Cruising Club. The Cruising Association. The Clyde Crusing Club. The Royal Ocean Racing Club. The Little Ship Club. The Irish Cruising Club. Books For the Yachtsman. General Indedx and Glossary of Seas Terms. Index to Legal Aspects of Yachting. With Over Five Hundred Illustrations. 592 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

- Softcover
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Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO20147612: 1974. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 95 pages. nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc, dans le texte. Couverture illustrée en couleurs. . . . Classification Dewey : 686.3-Reliure.

Language: German
Published by Ravensburg : Otto Maier, 1969
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chiemgauer Internet Antiquariat GbR, Altenmarkt, BAY, GermanyChiemgauer Internet Antiquariat GbR
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Add to basketOriginalbroschur. Condition: Sehr gut. Deutsche ERSTAUSGABE. 107 Seiten ; Mit zahlreichen teils farbigen Abbildungen ; 21 cm SEHR gutes Exemplar. U.a. Werkstoffe. Papier. Falze. Heften. Einbanddecke. Reparatur von Leinenbänden. REGISTER. (Wir haben zahlreiche Titel in diesem Sachgebiet auf unserer HP.) Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht i…n Gramm: 230.
Published by Seeley Service & Co. Ltd, London England
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Add to basketCloth & Boards. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. The Lonsdale Library. Vol. XV. Cruising. Ocean Racing. Slight foxing to edge. Brown cloth and boards and gilt lettering. Contents: Types of Cruising Yachts. The Design of Cruising Yachts. Yacht Construction. Cruising Yauchts With Auxilliary…Power. Some Details of Arrangements For Lighting, Heating, Sanitation, Etc., Etc. Masts and Spars. Sails. Dinchies. Ground Tackle. Botswain's Stores. Boatswain's Work. Painting and Varnishing. Fitting-Out. Preparing For Sea. Getting Under Way. Manoeuvering Under Sail. Passage-Making. Light Weather Gear. Heavy Weather. Anchorage, Bringing Up and Stowing Away. Anchor Work, Mooring, Etc. Coastwise Yacht Navigation. Weather-Lore. Rule of the Road/ Accidents anmd Mishaps. Working Repairs, Etc. Cooking. The Ship's Papers and Registration. The Engagement of Paid Hands. Going Foreign. Through the French Canals to the Mediterranean. Insurance. Laying-Up. Permanent Moorings. Standing Rigging. Running Rigging. Some Legal Aspects of Yachting. Flag Etiquette. The Medicine Chest. Single-Handed Sailing. Trade Wind Sailing. Ocean Racing. The Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club. The Royal Cruising Club. The Cruising Association. The Clyde Crusing Club. The Royal Ocean Racing Club. The Little Ship Club. The Irish Cruising Club. Books For the Yachtsman. General Indedx and Glossary of Seas Terms. Index to Legal Aspects of Yachting. With Over Five Hundred Illustrations. 592 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Published by Dessain et tolra, 1974
- Softcover
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Add to basketCouverture souple. Condition: bon. RO80220109: 1974. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 95 pages. nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc, dans le texte. Couverture illustrée en couleurs. Etiquette sur le 2ème plat. . . . Classification Dewey : 686.3-Reliure.

Published by London: Seeley Service and Co. Ltd., 1933, 1933
- Hardcover
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United KingdomAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
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Add to basket[Yachting] ILLUSTRATED. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.592. Publisher's tan cloth, titled in gilt to spine, gilt insignia to spine and upper board, blue illustrative endpapers, top edge brown, photographic frontispiece. With over five hundred illustrations. Some spotting to the textblock. Binding a little rubbed to extremities, bumped t…o corners, some marks. Very good. This book is a guide for beginners and a reference for the more experienced yachtsman. It considers the design and construction of yachts, as well as navigation, preparation, mooring and etiquette.