Yacht Designing and Planning for Yachtsmen, Students & Amateurs Tapa dura - 1964

New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 319pp w appendices and index. Figures, plans and plates in text. Single unpaginated plate of block tipped in as published. Pale green cloth w gold lettering in black title panel w gold borders to cover and spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ shows light soiling commensurate w age and handling, sunning to spine, and previous owner has neatly trimmed top and bottom edges w masking tape (3/8") to guard against edgewear and reinforced backside of the spine and fore edges the same (not visible). DJ now preserved in mylar cover. Octavo. Originally published 1936, with copyright renewed 1964 by the author, this fourth printing gives no edition date but bears the SBN 393031268 which does not match the Norton 1971 edition.