Building Your Own Boat by Graha Bell
1958. First Edition. 191 pages. Laminated green illustrated jacket over blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Contains black and white plates and folded summary. Pages are lightly tanned with minimal foxing and pencil marks throughout. Heavier foxing to pastdowns and endpapers. Minor tear to page no. 19. Small sticker front pastdown. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and boards edges. Notable crushing to spine ends. Unclipped laminated jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Silver lettering is bright and clear. Laminating is peeling and partially separated along long edges of panels. Noticeable tanning to panel and flaps. Minor sunning to spine.