William Eberle Weems (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A vintage how-to book on the basics of navigation providing "sufficient instruction and data to permit the novice to learn the methods and actually to navigate a ship both on and off soundings." Subjects covered include how to use charts, the compass, celestial navigation, the sextant, etc. illustrated throughout with both vintage b/w photographs, maps, charts and b/w drawings. Vertical format, measuring 6" x 9.75" with 70 pages. Covers a bit faded, but contents are clean and intact.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. New York and Chicago: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1939. 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. x, 70. White paper dust jacket with sailboat design and blue type. Blue boards with silver gilt type. Illustrated with diagrams, charts and photos. Dust jacket chipped at corners and near spine, closed tear at top front of dj, with shelf wear to edges, some staining, and tape residue to front cover. Minor rubbing to edges with moisture staining, a few faint stains to endpapers, and minor creasing to front pastedown. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Slightly musty-smelling.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering. Copyright page dated 1943. 135 pages. Good condition. Covers clean and square, but spine toned. Pages toned, too, but clean and free of marks. Binding strong. A good reading copy.