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The Sailor's Sea-Book. Rudimentary Treatise on Navigation; in Two Parts I. How to Keep the Log and Work it Off II On Finding the Latitude and Longitude (complete)
de Greenwood, James
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London; John Weale, 1857., 1857. Hardcover. THIRD EDITION. 12 mo. vi, 166 pp. Colour frontispiece of British Flags, 8 plates to rear including 2 further Flags plates in colour; map, tables and diagrams in text. Book Condition: Very Good. Full tan calf; black leather label with gilt titles and ruling to spine. All edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Corners a little bruised, boards lightly scuffed and edges rubbed. Reference number to tail of spine. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown; stamp of South Shields Public Library Reference Department to title page and margin of 14 leaves with reference numbers to verso title page, otherwise contents clean & tight. Directions for Great Circle Sailing, An Essay on the Law of Storms and Variable Winds and Explanations of Terms used in Ship-Building to rear. Scarce.
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- The Sailor's Sea-Book. Rudimentary Treatise on Navigation; in Two Parts I. How to Keep the Log and Work it Off II On Finding the Latitude and Longitude (complete)
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- Greenwood, James
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- London; John Weale, 1857.
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- 1857
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Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
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Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
