A definitive study of the Yangtze craft, complete with carefully detailed scale drawings, the result of the author's research and experience during his 30-year career as a river inspector in China. A lavishly produced volume.
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G.R.G Worcester (1890�1969) termed himself a sailor by profession. Born in England in 1890, he entered the Royal Navy in the days of sail and rounded the Horn as a midshipman. Although he turned his back on salt water in 1919, the balance of his professional life was spent within sight and sound of water of some sort. He left the Navy to join the Marine Department of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, and during his thirty years as River Inspector he assisted in surveying, marking, and opening the Yangtze to steam navigation to a point 1,450 miles from the sea. In his wanderings up and down the coast and rivers of China, he developed a deep interest in, and affection for, the junkmen and their craft.
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Seller: Calendula Horticultural Books, Anacortes, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 626 pages with many illustrations. Tan cloth with dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 20050
Seller: Henniker Book Farm and Gifts, Henniker, NH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Fourth Printing. Very Good/Very Good- Condition. Dust jacket has some light wear. Three photographs/illustrations taped to the front free end paper. No marks on the text block. Previous owner's address stamp on the bottom edge of the text block. Fourth printing. Additional shipping may be required due to the size and the weight of the book. ; Height: 12.5 Inches, Length: 9.5 Inches, Weight: 0.73413933246 Pounds, Widt; 656 pages. Seller Inventory # 71845
Seller: Dale A. Sorenson, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, (1971). First Edition. 12.5 x 9.5 in. [20],626pp, Index. Cream cloth, very good plus (lower edge of rear board slightly dented), in very good dj (moderately worn and lightly chipped). Illustrated with maps, drawings, and photographs. ISBN 0870213350; 12.5 x 9.5 inches; 646 pages. Seller Inventory # 10639
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ex library copy, usual library markings etc, some fading to spine & portions of the wrapper edges, oversize book, additional shipping costs may apply. Seller Inventory # 025886
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Seller: Easton's Books, Inc., Mount Vernon, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 11.5 X 8.8 X 1.8 inches. 656 pages. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *. Seller Inventory # 55885
Seller: Neil Ewart, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Large 4to. Publishers Cloth in Original Dustwrapper. The Dustwrapper With Wear to Edges. A Very Good Book. No Inscriptions. PBFA Member. We Welcome Direct Contact With Our Customers. Contact Neil Ewart Rare Books If You Require Any Further Information or Images. Heavy Item - Will Require Additional Shipping Costs on Overseas Orders. Seller Inventory # 004480
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Slight wear on DJ edges, rubbing on DJ back cover, minimal shelf wear, clean unmarked inside. Heavy book, will require extra shipping fee. KRM/International Seafaring. Seller Inventory # ABE-1632328220808
Seller: Asia Bookroom ANZAAB/ILAB, Canberra, ACT, Australia
[Reprint]. Numerous illustrations, scale drawings, sketches, maps and other text illustrations, 626pp, appendices, nautical glossary, index. 31.5 x 23cm. Cream coloured boards illustrated in red and gilt on the spine. A lovely clean and firm copy, the dustwrapper spine is faded with minor creasing. A very good copy. This fascinating and comprehensive work is divided into sections: The Yangtze River-Its Craft & People; Craft of the Estuary & Shanghai Area; The Lower & Middle River & Tributaries; and Craft of the Upper Yangtze & Tributaries; and is evidence of G.R.G. Worchester's encompassing interest in the study of junks and sampans. Seller Inventory # 224380
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Seller: Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books, CYGNET, TAS, Australia
1st edition, with the 1970 Prefatory Note, by L.K. Little. (XX), 626, (2) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. (photos, maps, sketches) & 174 plates of the various types, from the Shachu'an or Kiangsu trader to the bamboo cargo-carrying raft. Cloth covers, gilt device and title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with scratches on front cover, a sunned spine with chips at head. Contents are near fine. Scarce. 31 x 23.5. Various types of junks and sampans which evolved over the centuries to meet the needs of special and exotic kinds of water-borne commerce. Study on the Yangtze river, its people and its craft. Seller Inventory # 78239
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Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, Truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Worcester, G.R.C. (illustrator). Third Printing. 626pp.incl.index; HB palegreen emboss w/gilt&red; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ brwn.w/orange&white; fine. "This unique book is a comprehensive and authoritative record of the vessels which for centuries provided practically the sole means of communication and transportation in the vast area drained by one of the world's greatest waterways." illus. Seller Inventory # 042994