Kipping, Robert

The Elements of Sailmaking, (sail making) being a Complete Treatise on Cutting - Out Sails as Practiced in the Royal Navy...

London: C. Wilson, 1851. Second Edition. Hardcover. octavo, bound in full brown calf that has dried and chipped in places, but with preservative applied, binding sound- probably rebacked preserving original boards and backstrip and done very carefully, contents generally very good but with some foxxing and age toning of paper, pp. xvii, 194, There are 17 plates including one used as frontispiece, the pages have been trimmed at some time in the past and some plate numbers are not visible. Overall, very good copy of this scarce work. Very good. Item #9066

Price: $255.00