Biddlecombe, George, et al.

THE ART OF RIGGING CONTAINING AN EXPLANATION OF TERMS AND PHRASES AND THE PROGRESSIVE METHOD OF RIGGING EXPRESSLY ADAPTED FOR SAILING SHIPS, STEEL'S ELEMENTS OF MASTMAKING, SAILMAKING AND RIGGING, AND THE YOUNG SEA OFFICER'S SHEET ANCHOR OR A KEY TO THE LEADING OF RIGGING AND TO PRACTICAL SEAMANSHIP [THREE VOLUMES]

New York: Edward W. Sweetman Company, Publisher. Mixed Reprint Editions. Two Octavo/Small Quarto, three volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's light brown cloth bearing dark brown lettering to the spines. Boards have very slight wear including minor edge wear. Text blocks have moderate wear including mild foxing to the fore/tail edges and head edges colored reddish brown with offsetting to the end papers. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Folded illustrated plates in a pocket adhered to the rear pastedown to one volume. Mixed reprint editions. CONTENTS: Vol. One "The Art of Rigging Containing an Explanation of Terms and Phrases and the Progressive Method of Rigging Expressly Adapted for Sailing Ships", xix, 155 pages -- Vol. Two "Steel's Elements of Mastmaking, Sailmaking and Rigging", xv, 300 pages -- Vol. Three "The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor or, a Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship", xiii, 124 pages.

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