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New York: Viking, 1956. Hardcover. Book: Very Good. 8vo.. 348 pp. 5 7/8 x 8 3/4. Sonoma green cloth boards, stamped in blue on front, silver on spine. No dj. Sun faded spine, prev owner's name on ffep.

Viking , 1956. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Unmarked, clean and solid copy. Normal shelfwear. Grey dust jacket with picture of sailing ships with red and white lettering. Small bit missing from top edge of dj, price not clipped..

Sidgwick & Jackson, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1955. First Edition Thus. 348 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.

Sidgwick and Jackson, 1955. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Edge wear to price-clipped jacket. .

New York: Viking Press, 1956. Book. Illus. by Jean de la Varende. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light blue cloth, slightly toned along edges and spine panel, else nearly as issued. xi,348 pp., illus. w/ 12 b&w plates, sketches by author. Dust jacket with price-clipped front flap, rubbed edges and folds, slightly chipped spine extremities..

Sidgwick and Jackson London 1955 Vg/G (clean unclipped dj with light edgewear and very minor loss top of spine, clean dark blue cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, no marks or inscriptions, a very clean tight copy) octavo 348pp. First this translation. The history of the building and use of ships, packed with anecdotes, out-of-the way facts and incidents. With b/w illustrations.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1955. Book. Good. Hardcover. First UK Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 348 pages. An historical panorama of boats and ships. Dustjacket is scuffed to edges, with 2cm closed tear to top front edge..

Viking Press. Used - Good. Good condition. Poor dust jacket. Dust jacket is missing rear flap. (History, Boating, Sailing)

New York: The Viking Press, 1956. Nice copy in its first printing. Unmarked, tight and square. Price intact jacket is nicely illustrated by Lily Cassell but has 1" X 1/2"chip at head of spine. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The Viking Press, 1956. Hardback in very good plus condition with very good dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: The Viking Press;, 1956. First Edition. 8vo., green pictorial cloth; 348 pages. Illustrated.. Very Good (some sunning spine cover; contents clean & tight; ink signature on the front endpaper); some wear & tear d/j.

N.Y.: Viking, 1956.. 8vo. xi + 348 pp. Illus. from artworks depicting naval vessels from ancient Assyria to the 17th c.; technical sketches by the author. Grey cloth. Ink name of ffep, rear hinge cracked but joint firm, a good copy in dust wrapper with some wear to . extremities..

New York: The Viking Press., 1956. xi, 348pp, glossary, bw plates, num bw text ills. Or grey/green cloth in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket-not price clipped. Follows the history of navigation from the Egyptians on down, covering each of the seafaring nations characterized in terms of its nautical ability and ship building inventiveness. Typical ships of each are described, as are the contributions to exploration, commerce, war and the spread of civilization. Fascinating overview of the history of sail.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1955,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, xii,348pp, illustrated, slight browning, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, blue cloth, Very Good / Fair dustwrapper; wrapper rubbed and frayed .

Sidgwick & Jackson, 1955T. hardcover. Very Good. 3.2995 in x 21.3198 in x 13.9594 in. Sidgwick & Jackson 1955 first edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover, no dust jacket.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Cherish the Sea - A History of Sail.

Yoakum Press, 2011-05-19. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Yoakum Press, 2011. Paperback. New. 380 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.85 inches.