Miremont Comte De (3 results)
Published by J D Potter, London, 1908
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Dodman Books, Morston, United KingdomDodman Books
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Condition: Used - Good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First thus, having appeared as a series of articles in Yachting And Boating Monthly in 1906, and then collated, augmented and published in book form 'by popular demand'. Stock a little toned, moreso to endpapers, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Fold-out chart as frontis…piece. Publisher's list to rear. Blue cloth with attractive gilt decoration and titling to front, worn to edges and marked, moreso to rear. 8vo. 88pp.
Published by J.D. Potter, London, 1908
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, CanadaWagon Tongue Books
Contact seller2-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 23.75
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: VG++. None -as Issued. First. This book was written to help wooden-boated yachtsmen NAVIGATE safely in near-shore waters. It purports that a liquid compass, mounted in the mid-ship line as far away as possible from any iron (INCLUDING marling spikes) is THE single most important navigational device you can…invest in. Other important tools incl. charts and weather fore-casting. 88 pages of text, illustr. with b/w drawings and LOTS of tabular data. Fold-out coastal chart ahead of title page. Ten pages of BOOK adverts as well as a Table of Admiralty Charts published - at back. Cond: Bright blue boards with a gilt graphic (embossed) of a sextant.Light wear at most fore points. MINOR white staining near leading edge. P/O name - ffep. Small sticky-type (antique) store stamp (Southampton) on end-paper. Foxed but no tears, creases, folds nor marks. BRIGHT and tight !! Giftable !! Quote (p. 75) : " Now, it is not always possible in crowded waters to take compass bearings, so the practical man takes up a stationary position close to the helmsman, where he can see that any order for alteration of course is correctly . ." Size: 8vo. B/W Drawings (illustrator).
Published by J d Potter, London, 1916
- Hardcover
Seller: VANESSA PARKER RARE BOOKS, Westport, MAYO, IrelandVANESSA PARKER RARE BOOKS
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketBuckram. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Bound in blue buckram with gilt titles & compass on front board, book is in very good condition. Diagrams Maps & Charts (illustrator).
