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FINCH, ROGER: : Sailing Craft of the British Isles

LONDON.WILLIAM COLLINS SONS & CO. LTD.,1976.

ISBN 0002197103.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,yellow+white colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj (side elevations of sailing crafts to both panels) to a blue-green background with white+yellow lettering to front,similarly coloured but lightly faded lettering to spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no major nicks,tears or splits present,though some minimal rubbing with colour paper loss at head+foot of spine/ backstrip,sporadic rubbing to corners' tips and fore-edges' folds of dw/dj flaps and also vertical edges of the spine/ backstrip folds.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – virtually pristine,appears unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate/clean plain white sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,5-160pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,acknowledgements,an introduction,2 sections: Sailing Craft of Great Britain and The Sailing Craft, comprising 5 chapters and 52 descriptions of individual sailing crafts - each accompanied with b/w Great Britain map+and the boat's location,b/w line illus and either a colour (brown+b/w) or a b/w side elevation illustration of the craft, contemporary b/w photographs of sailing craft afloat,a 3pp glossary,a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. still with a fragile, degradable paper dw/dj,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the faults described that prevent a higher grading for the dw/dj. The traditional sailing craft of Britain survived in everyday working use well into this century(the 20th).In the decade before the First World War all the craft recorded here in this book were to be found around our coasts.They were of an astonishing variety: each harbour and creek or section of the coastline had developed over the centuries an individual type,with its form and rig,its sails and fishing gear,to suit local conditions and purposes.Now that they have been replaced by steam and diesel,more are to be found only in museums,or sometimes as hulks beached or rotting in quiet backwaters, though several have been rebuilt in recent years to be used for pleasure. Yet they were fine craft,often of great beauty.An essential part of British life and history,worth all the study,love and skill which Roger Finch has put into this spledid book,illustrated with his own drawings and plans. First there is an extended introduction, illustrated with a fine collection of old b/w photographs on origins and history; on building methods and materials; on fishing ways - with line and net and trawl; on life afloat; and on what is being done where to preserve the remaining craft for posterity. Then Mr Finch takes in turn 52 types of boat.Foe each he gives a map,showing the stretch of coast or estuary concerned,a plan of the hull and rigging,a pencil sketch of the craft in use,and an account of its particular history and uses. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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