Author: FOLKARD, HENRY COLEMAN
Title: The Sailing Boat. A Treatise on Sailing Boats and Small Yachts, Their Varieties of Type, Sails, Rig, & C. With Practical Instructions in Sailing and Management Also the One-Design and Restricted Classes, Fishing and Shooting Boat,... (Inscription)
Description: London: Edward Stanford, 1901. Fifth Edition. Original decorated gilt blindstamped cloth. With plates & illustrations. Fore and bottom edge deckle-edged. Top edge gilt. Label on front pastedown: "Presented by the author to Mr. Harold Clayton. May 15th 1901". Top joint cracked and loosening. Lower / upper joint slightly loosening. Binding somewhat shaken. Spine somewhat worn with some damage to head and foot spine. Covers & corners somewhat worn & slightly soiled. ; Full title: The Sailing Boat. A treatise on sailing boats and small yachts, their varieties of type, sails, rig, &c. With practical instructions in sailing and management also the one-design and restricted classes, fishing and shooting boat, sailing chariots and ice yachts, foreign and colonial boats, canoes, &c, &c. The hand-written inscription on the inside front cover reads 'Presented by The Author to Mr Harold Clayton (? ) May 15th 1901'. ; 29 x 23 x 5 cms; xx, 555, (4) pages. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

Keywords: Maritime Engineering


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