Sailing by Cornelius Shields (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Light edge wear to jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Second Printing. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 240 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. "Here is a wonderful book for sailors and landlubbers alike. It will be treasured, both for Shields' philosophy and his unmatched knowledge of racing lore." Cloth covers with blue lettering on spine and front, pictorial endpapers, 240 pp., index, numerous b&w photos, charts, diagrams. Minimal wear. Text is clean but the margins of a few pages have faint indentations from removed paper clips. Binding is tight. Jacket is slightly worn and chipped at the top of the spine.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. (yacht racing).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Off white buckram cloth with a few specks of foxing. Unclipped dust jacket is VG. A very clean and tight copy with no marks or inscriptions.

Condition: Good. 1965. First Published in GB. 240 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. 7 x 10 in. White linen boards with blue lettering. B&W illus. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean, binding tight. Text unmarked and clean with a few corners cut too large, sides of text block foxed. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not price-clipped, mild edge wear and chipping, rubbed. Nautical. BHA.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fourth Printing. Very nice copy. Jacket in good shape. Minor signs of shelfwear around edges and corners. Small open tear at front top corner and on back. Actual cover in great shape. Inscription to previous owner on inside cover. Pages clean. Binding tight.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Rosenfeld, Morris (illustrator). First Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall, 1964. First edition. 4to. Beige cloth with blue lettering embossed on spine and blue numbers embossed on spine with a reversed blind stamp of those numbers above to look like racing numbers on a sailboat's mainsail, endpapers decorated with a sailboat race scene, frontispiece and illustrations in black and white, 240 pp. No dust jacket. Spine is sunned and blue embossing is fading, but bindings are sharp and quite solid. Text block is clean, bright and appears gently read. Very good condition.[b969].

1st UK edition. 240 PP with 44 b/w illustrations (drawings, photos & sketches). Fp: Columbia with her spinnaker. Eps: Training for America's Cup. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 25.5 x 18. The man as a sailor, his career winning competition and the philosophies which have won him stature and success. Skipper of Columbia in 1958.

3rd printing. 240 PP with drawings, photos & sketches. Fp: Columbia with her spinnaker. Eps: Training for America's Cup. Cloth cover, device on front cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 25.5 x 18. The man as a sailor, his career winning competition and the philosophies which have won him stature and success. Skipper of Columbia in 1958.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st 1965. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. An autobiography and a complete manual for the racing sailor. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 240 pages. B/w photos. Biro mark to front endpaper and front wrapper flap else contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is edge-rubbed. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

1st.ed. Owner's name; spotty loss of colour to green cloth; some wear to dust jacket edges. Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket.

1st ed. Binding tight; dust jacket worn & creased at edges, with short tears Used - Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.

Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Book has light shelf wear with rubbing to edges. Wrapper has creasing to top edge and some grazing to hinges and edges. Wrapper has been protected.

Condition: Good. Dust jacket is aged and shelfworn in places. Creases and fading also. Content is very clean throughout.

Condition: Good. Some fading and scuffing to the jacket edges. Scratches and marks to the jacket. The book itself is in fair condition, fine to read and use throughout still.