Add this copy of Bruce Farr, Russell Bowler: the shape of speed to cart. $99.95, good condition, Sold by Speaking Volumes rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Reed.
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Good in fair dust jacket. some shelf wear and minor coffee marks to dust jacket, minor soiling to edges, clean and tight copy otherwise. 437 p., [48] p. of plates: ill. (some col. ), ports. (some col. ); 24 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Portraits. Includes bibliographical references.
Add this copy of The Shape of Speed to cart. $175.00, very good condition, Sold by Michael Patrick McCarty, Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New Castle, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Reed Books.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x6x1; At age 20, Bruce Farr designed the World's first light displacement keelboat to compete successfully internationally. The story of how a fisherman's son from Leigh and a solicitor's son from Auckland triumphed over adversity to change the shape of sailing forever. Bruce Kenneth Farr OBE (born 1949 in Auckland) is a New Zealand designer of racing and cruising yachts. Farr designed boats have won, challenged for, or placed highly in the Whitbread Round the World Race, America's Cup, and Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, among others. Farr's services to yacht design were recognized in the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honors, when he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Russell Bowler is Vice President, Director and Shareholder of Farr Yacht Design. National and World titles were listed to his credit as he built and sailed boats of his own design. Early contact with Bruce Farr was made during these stimulating and formative years of sailing.
Add this copy of The Shape of Speed to cart. $247.50, good condition, Sold by Salish Sea Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bellingham, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Raupo Publishing.
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Good++ in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, just minor shelfwear, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Very light wear to the boards with "straight" edge-corners; Moderate foxing to the top textblock edge, otherwise unblemished textblock edges are unblemished; Gift incription to the front endpaper, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); 1.9 lbs; Light purple dust jacket with title in black and gold lettering; 1999, Raupo Publishing; 437 pages; "The Shape of Speed, " by J. Bevan-Smith.
