[STEEL, David] The Art of Rigging, containing an alphabetical explanation of the terms, directions for the most minute operations, and the method of progressive rigging, London: Steel, Goddard, 1818, 8°, third edition, 11 engraved plates including frontispiece, most folding, 13 folding letterpress tables (title rather browned and slightly soiled, some marginal spotting and dust-soiling), original drab boards with paper spine label (upper cover becoming detached), engraved label of J. Bywater & Co., Navigation Shop, Liverpool, and Scott bookplate. [Scott 529] With the second edition of Robert Kipping's The Elements of Sailmaking (London, 1851, with presentation inscription from H. M. Brunel) in original cloth (worn), and the text volume only of John Fincham's Treatise on Masting Ships and Mast Making (third edition, London, 1854) in contemporary calf (folding plates severely torn). (3)

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[STEEL, David] The Art of Rigging, containing an alphabetical explanation of the terms, directions for the most minute operations, and the method of progressive rigging, London: Steel, Goddard, 1818, 8°, third edition, 11 engraved plates including frontispiece, most folding, 13 folding letterpress tables (title rather browned and slightly soiled, some marginal spotting and dust-soiling), original drab boards with paper spine label (upper cover becoming detached), engraved label of J. Bywater & Co., Navigation Shop, Liverpool, and Scott bookplate. [Scott 529] With the second edition of Robert Kipping's The Elements of Sailmaking (London, 1851, with presentation inscription from H. M. Brunel) in original cloth (worn), and the text volume only of John Fincham's Treatise on Masting Ships and Mast Making (third edition, London, 1854) in contemporary calf (folding plates severely torn). (3)

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