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Published by HMSO, 1940
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1940. 1940 reprint. 457 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Volume One. Stamps to rear endpapers and pastedowns. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped and spine ends are a mildly crushed. Book has a forward lean.Boards are bowed.
Published by His Majestys Stationery Office, 1942
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1942. 446 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.
Published by HMSO,, 1941
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
8vo., Third Impression, with 26 coloured plates, 15 plates in monochrome, very numerous illustrations and diagrams (many full-page) in the text and 2 large folding plans; original navy blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. With front and rear trade advertisement endpapers. The 1937 edition of the 'pusser's bible' was the first major revision since 1932. First issued in 1938, it was reprinted each year until 1943 (though curiously we have been unable to confirm a 1939 issue). All reprints are very slightly abridged (mostly in terms of illustration; in particular the expensive plate overlays of the first impression were quickly abandoned with the outbreak of hostilities). Well produced and exceptionally well illustrated, it was in common use with officers and ratings alike (unlike its sister the Manual of Navigation), and there is a fair argument for its being today the most evocative Royal Navy publication of the war years. Bright, firm copy of the standard WWII edition.
Published by Admiralty, 1937
Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Not ex-library. Hardback/Hardcover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable, colouring of page edges due to age. Badly worn spine. Torn pages. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Published by His Majety's Stationery office, London, 1939
Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
Book
Cloth. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Packed with technical information. Complete with large Fold-Out Plate "The Boatswain's Call" at the back, Colour Plates of Flags and Ensigns, 5 Colour Plates of Signal Lights, Wreck Markers etc and Fold-Out Plates including: H.M.S. Resolution; Cruiser Kent Class; Soundings. Many other Full-Page and In-Text B&W Illustrations. Dark Blue cloth cover with blind stamped title to front and Gilt Lettering on spine. 8 3/4" Tall. 457 p. pages + adverts. Some fading to spine. Closed tear to cloth down left side of spine at the bottom (2" long) and a smaller one (3/4" long) on right side. some nicks and fraying to cloth at spine ends. Cloth corn at tips of fore corners. Hinges sound and text block firm. Pages and Plates in very good, clean condition. Noteof Corrections in Red Pen at top of endpaper. No other inscriptions. Pages in very good, clean condition.
Published by HMSO,, 1943
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
8vo., with 26 coloured plates, 15 plates in monochrome, very numerous illustrations and diagrams (many full-page) in the text and 2 large folding plans; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with an anchor motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With front and rear trade advertisement endpapers. The 1937 edition of the 'pusser's bible' was the first major revision since 1932. First issued in 1938, it was reprinted each year until 1943 (though curiously we have been unable to confirm a 1939 issue). All reprints are very slightly abridged (mostly in terms of illustration; in particular the expensive plate overlays of the first impression were quickly abandoned with the outbreak of hostilities). Well produced and exceptionally well illustrated, it was in common use with officers and ratings alike (unlike its sister the Manual of Navigation), and there is a fair argument for its being today the most evocative Royal Navy publication of the war years. AN ELEGANT COPY OF THE STANDARD WWII ISSUE.
Published by King's Printer, Ottawa
Seller: George Strange's Bookmart, Brandon, MB, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Hinges are repaired with black electrical tape. Boards are worn and soiled. Extremities are severely rubbed. Front board is bowed. Corners are bumped. Gutters at front and back endpapers are cracked. Binding is holding together, though it is loose. Markings from previous owner at front and back pastedowns. Interior is age-toned and soiled, though text and images remain clear.