287pp with b/w photos and illustrations - green cloth - light soiling to binding - minor foxing to content edges - dustwrapper is slightly rubbed and soiled - slight wear and chipping to edges - spine lightly faded
Sub-titled 'The Development of the Modern Yacht'. The author was a Naval Architect and Journalist, and is always very readable. The book was meant to be an update to the publisher's earlier work by Keble Chatterton, 'Fore and Aft' published in 1912, and the author admits to 'putting his sickle into other men's corn.' This is a good clean tight copy. The dust jacket has several tears with some losses. 287 p.
FORE & AFT SAILING CRAFT & The Development of the Modern Yacht
PHILLIPS-BIRT, Douglas
FORE & AFT SAILING CRAFT & The Development of the Modern Yacht
PHILLIPS-BIRT, Douglas
Publisher: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited. London. .
Date published: 1962
Format: Hardcover
1st Ed. 288 PP with 142 b/w figures (illustrations, line-drawings, sketches, photos.). Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt engraved spine. Nice dust jacket is price-clipped and has old tape marks on the flaps with corresponding offsetting on the endpapers, and is now in a protective sleeve. Light foxing on prelims o/wise a very good clean copy. 25 x 15.5. From the earliest times to the modern day catamarans.
Fore & Aft Sailing Craft: And The Development of the Modern Yacht
Phillips-Birt, Douglas
Fore & Aft Sailing Craft: And The Development of the Modern Yacht
Phillips-Birt, Douglas
Publisher: Seely, Service & Co., LTD., London, England
Date published: 1962
Format: Hardcover
The fascinating history of the close-sailing "weatherly" fore & aft rigged working yacht. Written by a yachting historian with wide experience. Illustrated.
Fore & Aft Sailing Craft: The Development of the Modern Yacht
Phillips-Birt, Douglas
Fore & Aft Sailing Craft: The Development of the Modern Yacht
Phillips-Birt, Douglas
Publisher: Seely, Service & Co. - London
Date published: 1962
Format: Hardcover
Blue cloth on boards with gilt lettering to spine, top edge dyed dark blue. Book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and free of markings and flaws inside and out. Nice marine blueprints of sailing yachts on endpapers. Filled with b/w photos, diagrams, plans, etc. etc. Now protected in archival quality mylar. 286 pp.
Fore & Aft Sailing Craft & the Development of the Modern Yacht
Phillips-Birt, Douglas
Fore & Aft Sailing Craft & the Development of the Modern Yacht
Phillips-Birt, Douglas
Publisher: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited
Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (Yachts, Ships) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Fore & Aft Sailing Craft & the Development of the Modern Yacht
Phillips-Birt, Douglas
Fore & Aft Sailing Craft & the Development of the Modern Yacht
Phillips-Birt, Douglas
Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (Yachts, Ships) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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