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Fairley, Gordon. THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF SMALL CRAFT.
Frederick Warne, London, 1976.
192 pp, 5 3/4" H, hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0723215596 Profusely illustrated with over 260 photographs, drawings, diagrams in b&w and 8 pages of color plates. Observer's Book No. 64. "Although this book cannot pretend to be comprehensive i t contains a fund of information for both 'novices' and experienced sailors. 'Tall ships' of today and of the past, the evolution of watersport, modern design and construction, and the whole organization of 'seafaring' are discussed in the e a r l y c h apters. The main part of the book is devoted to the identification of a representative selection of sailing cruisers, offshore racers, dinghies, keelboats and powerboats....To assist the observer, the appendices include a glossary of s ai li ng t e rm s, lists of the craft described in the identification sections, and illustrated sail insignia of a large number of small sailing craft." Book lightly cracked at two places, very light edge wear, tiny dint on bottom edge of front b oar d. Du st ja cke t i s price-clipped, has old price sticker on front flap, very light edge wear/wrinkling - mainly at top of spine and flap-folds, very light browning to spine and top edge. VG/VG
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