About this title: This guide has entries for booby-hatch, growler, jack in the basket, "tiddley", and throat seizing, it is also a readable reference work for the interested landlubber. Abridged from the "Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea", the book provides detailed explanations of nearly 1,500 sailing terms. As well as navigational and meteorological definitions, there are entries on weather lore, sailing expressions, and catch phrases - "to the bitter end", for example, is a sailing term that has now passed into general use. The 150 illustrations are themselves a guide to rigs and rigging, knots, ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1999-07-01
ISBN-13:9780192800688ISBN:019280068X
Description: Good. Good title in good condition. Pages are clean and tight. Covers show some shelf wear and bumping. Satisfaction guaranteed. If item not as described, return for refund of purchase price. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780192800688ISBN:019280068X
Description: Good. No marks to text, binding is tight. Cover has a bit of edge/handling wear. Cover is different than shown. 2nd edition 1997. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1999-07-01
ISBN-13:9780192800688ISBN:019280068X
Description: New. New book-pages are clean and unmarked. Softcover binding is secure. Cover is in good condition with mild shelf wear. There is a black line on the lower edge of the book. Orders packed carefully and shipped daily with tracking # emailed to you. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 1992. Paperback. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 1992. Paperback. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Description: Very good. Oxford University, 1992, used trade paperback, earlier ed., light wear, tight, no underlining, small gift inscription. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Date Published: 17/07/1997
ISBN-13:9780192800688ISBN:019280068X
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