Boat Builder, First Edition (17 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. a clean, square, gently used copy, no creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Minor cover soiling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 68 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Black and white photographs and line drawings throughout. First edition thus (paperback). SIGNED by the author. Old price sticker on rear cover, else near fine in oversize pictorial wraps.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Biography of a man and his famlily, George Procter, who lived and worked spending an interesting, long life in the Mabel Lake area of the North Okanagan, north-east of Vernon and north of Lumby. One of his several occupations was building flat-bottomed fishing boats - a total of some 3,315 'Procter Boats' over the years. 90 pages, photo illustrations, 2 maps. Four page photo 'bonus', laid-in. George signed this copy in 2001 at the age of 95 ! Softcover book with a plastic comb binding allowing the pages to rest flat. Scarce! Signed by the Subject.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, Second Printing. Not price-clipped ($19.95 price intact on back). Published by McGraw-Hill, 1993. Quarto. Pictorial wraps. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Covers have very light shelf wear. 195 pages. ISBN: 9780877423201. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 7 x 9 in. Paper wraps. Condition is VERY GOOD ; edges worn with a few chips, covers sunned. Binding tight and text unmarked. Naut. Stax.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, Hardback, no d/j. Green boards have light shelf wear, o/w v/g, v/v, looks unread.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. B&W photos and detailed mechanical drawings throughout, contents include: curing weather helm, changing the cabin plan, extra bunks, nets for safety and stowage, cave lockers, building a wardrobe or oilskin locker, making and fitting a table, low cost deck fittings, anchor handling gear, clockpit hood, on deck ventilators, burglar beating, stowing liferafts, drop rudders, reducing corrosion, ladders and staging, templates, employing a naval architect, etc. Keywords: Curing, Weather helm, Changing, Cabin plan, Extra bunks, Nets, Safety, Stowage, Cave lockers, Building, Wardrobe, Oilskin locker, Making, Fitting, Table, Low cost deck fittings, Anchor handling gear, Clockpit hood, Deck ventilators, Burglar beating, Stowing liferafts, Drop rudders, Reducing corrosion, Ladders, Staging, Templates, Employing, Naval Architect, Boating, Maintenance, Do-It-yourself, Woodworking, Repair, Construction.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. 1st. Annual volume listing smaller vessels built in UK yards plus directories of shipyards, engine builders and products and other ships suppliers. Many nice period adverts etc. 411pp, well illustrated. VG clean copy in decorative cloth boards.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Science and Mechanics Publishing Co., 1957. Quarto. Paperback. Book is very good with some toning to the page ends, price whited out on the front cover, and some light edgewear. Volume 7 only.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. Hardcover with green boards and pictorial dustjacket, first American edition, 770gms, 241 pages. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear. Dust jacket is in good condition with only mild shelf wear and chipping, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.

Paper Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. About 40pp. Interior in nice clean condition. Printed on a gloss paper. Contains articles, pictures, Properties for Sale (inc Burley Hill Hants, Pimperne Manor Farm Nr Blandford, Glendaruel House Argyllshire, The Winkfield Place Estate, Gellibrands Chalfont, Platts Green At Dial Post, Headley Court Nr Epsom, Fisher's Hill Woking, Purley Park Nr Reading, Cowden Hall Horam, Madeley Hall, Boxley House Estate Maidstone, etc) & other display adverts (including 2 full page colour ads), nature photos etc, etc. About 40 pages. In title line I have listed first the frontispiece full page portrait & then any other articles of interest. Previously lightly bound into a compilation it is good and unfolded - the spine has light damage where disbound but all still holding together well. Please see my other listings for more issues of this publication & for bound sets - reduced combined postage available on request.

Black Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A Biography of Arthur Romney Green, Furniture Maker, Boat Builder, Writer, Teacher, Poet, Yachtsman, Social Reformer, Mathematician, xiv, 146pp, illustrated with black & white photos and drawings, pages clean and crisp, ink gift inscription to inner endpaper, black cloth with gilt spine lettering, good firm binding, unclipped dust jacket, minimal edgewear but spine a little sunned. Size: 8vo. Biographical.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. MoToR BoatinG, NY, 1922, 1st American edition, #4 in Motor Boating's Ideal series, 79 pages, many b&w boat plans & measured drawings, 8-1/2"x 11-5/8", hardcover, blue cloth with dark blue titles, corners lightly bumped & worn, light edge wear, spine darkened, darkening around edges of both covers with some mottling, a little light chipping on covers, rear covers have a 1" black line bottom center, some dark staining upper fore-edge and some pale mottling all over, no dust jacket, some yellowing of endpapers especially the rear one that has staining from a full-page note that was left there (the note is hand drawn measurements and comments for a 3/4" spruce mast), pages are just beginning to yellow around edges, otherwise contents clean and tight, book good (G/no dj) 1692 [Hsss0605/0121EC].

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Walt Disney (illustrator). First edition. The scarce first edition of this charming children's picture book from Disney, produced to coincide with the release of their 1938 short film 'Boat Builders'. A scare first edition.In this charming tale, Mickey Mouse and his friends Donald Duck and Goofy look at a blueprint for a boat made by the Ready-Cut Folding Boat Company, but find that the boat is harder to build than they anticipated.Illustrated throughout with vignettes and full page illustrations, ten in bluetone, and eight in redtone. Collated, complete.The tale features classic characters Goofy, Mickey Mouse, and Donald Duck. In the publisher's original pictorial paper covered boards. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with small loss of paper and closed tear to tail. Light handling marks to front board. Tape repair to closed tear to rear free endpaper. Internally, text block a touch tenderly held. Pages lightly age toned due to paper type, otherwise clean and bright. Very Good. book.

First Edition. Original oblong octavo, color illustrated boards in original color illustrated dustjacket. Illustrated with full color covers, pictorial endpapers and interior illustrations in blue and red on almost every page to compliment the story featuring Mickey, Donald and Pluto. A truly scarce Disney title. Near Fine bright and tight copy in Very Good plus dustjacket, dime sized chip, closed tear and accompanying creases to top front panel, few short closed tears to edges, small chip at lower rear panel.

Condition: Good. Green cloth. Gilt particulars to front board and spine. Endpapers with publishers catalog of other publications by Optic & others. Includes numerous B&W illustrations (plates not included in pagination). Fading to gilt elements. Wear to joints (see image). Rubbing to head of spine and loss to tail of spine. Text block skewed. Occasional foxing and some staining to outer margins not affecting text.