- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, CanadaWagon Tongue Books
AbeBooks seller since November 4, 1999
Condition: Used - Fine
US$ 23.95
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
The Beaufort Scale, and How a Nineteenth-Century Admiral Turned Science Into Poetry'. LEARN more about : Met Office archive, North Shields, wooden dolly, bearings, calm, Port Santa Elena, Robert Fitzroy and split topgallants. 291 pages of metereological sciencebased on a 1984 discovery by the author. Text assisted by a small number of b/w images and charts. 2006 title page giftvdedication by the author to a friend. Cond : Boards are off-white in colour with a buff spine band. White end-papers. D.J.(UNclipped) is also off-white with a great deal of small text and an image of a three master. Clean and square and bright in all SENSES. No names marks nor wear. Collectible ! QUote (p. 75) : " By a wind of force 7,moderate gale, he's describing ` that to which the same ship would carry 2ble. Reefed topsail & Jib. ' That is, the topgallant and royal sails - the two highest on each mast - are down, and the ._._._. . ".
Seller Inventory # 017657
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Defining the Wind
- Author
- Huler, Scott
- Publisher
- Crown, New York
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- B/W Photographs
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Wagon Tongue Books
Linden, AB, Canada
AbeBooks seller since November 4, 1999
Shipping rates from Canada to U.S.A.
| Item | 18 to 35 business days | 24 to 32 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 31.00 | US$ 45.65 |
Payment methods
- Cash
- Check
- Money Order
- Paypal
Store description
I am a small home-based business so I may be difficult to reach by phone. I'm in the Mountain time zone. I've been passionate about books for approximately 30 years. Thank you for thinking Wagon Tongue.
Specialty
western canadiana, ephemera & rarities, horse and horse-related, cowboy stuff, indians and North American first peoples, things that catch my eye - including (non)books, mere bagatellesSeller's business information
Wagon Tongue Books
AB, Canada
Terms of sale
We may accept International money orders or personal cheques; please allow 6 days for cheques to clear. Please make cheques payable to Wagon Tongue Books. I can handle your credit card transactions ONLY through the ABE.commerce program. PAYPAL is also a workable option. We under rate the condition of our books, build cardboard shipping sleeves for protected shipping and respond promptly to requests and queries. Shipping and handling on all books is at the expense of the purchaser, and is often in the $12.95 per item range. Book weight and volume purchases will alter these conditions. We will be happy to re-quote books in Canadian dollars for local buyers and to arrange local `hand-offs'of purchases, if you prefer.
Shipping terms
Orders usually ship within 2 business days. Shipping costs are based on books weighing less than 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.