Vintage store 1960s Book, Boat Carpentry, Hervey Garrett Smith, Second Edition, How to Book, HC DJ, Wood Boat Building

Vintage book titled “Boat Carpentry" by Hervey Garrett Smith.

• Copyright 1955. This is the 1965 Second Edition. Van Nostrand Reinhold
• "This book, the first of its kind, makes clear the difference between "boat carpentry" and "house carpentry". On a boat there is hardly a straight line, in a house almost all the lines must be straight. Many tools used by the boat carpenter are almost unknown to the house carpenter. Amply illustrated, this remains a classic book on the subject. Few twentieth-century writers could equal Hervey Garrett Smith's works on the traditional arts of the sailor; none could surpass them. His descriptions of knotting, splicing, fancy work, canvas work, and the practice of marlinspike seamanship are clear, concise, and evocative. So, too, are his drawings, which are technically accurate, easy to follow, and a joy to behold."
• Hardcover with the dust jacket
• Vintage condition: The paper dust cover has some wear and tears, but has protected the hardcover well. Tight binding, clean pages. (see the video)
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