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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561661829412 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR287 (7) |
| Category: |
Boating Maritime: Civil / Merchant Shipping Sailing & Yacht Racing |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
KNOTS, SPLICES AND FANCY WORK
by C.L. Spencer
DESCRIPTION
Format: medium hardcover with dust jacket
Published: Brown, Son & Ferguson 1934, reprinted 1964
Size (mm): 170 w x 210 h x 20 d
Pages: 211
SKU: A4/2508/0365/K584
ABOUT
Vintage book on knots and knot tying.
Good rope work is a sailor's job. This text-book gives in detail: Whipping, Spindle Eye, Bottle Knot, Catspaw, Lashing, Plaits, Sennit, Gaskets, Grommet, Splices, Hitches, Turk's Head, Russian Mat, Double Carrick Sennit, just to mention a few of the contents. This grand work is amply illustrated and will be an invaluable guide to those who have the salt of the sea in them.
Illustrated throughout with monochrome hand-drawn illustrations.
CONDITION
Excellent with only shelf wear/marks on dust jacket and faint marks/name on end papers and page edges, pages as new. Images depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce
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