Alexander Laing Foreword (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition with buckram cloth binding (light beige with gold sextant on cover, red title box with gold lettering on cover and spine. Light browning to cover; no bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean, with rose red top-stained upper page edges. Slight browning to endpapers only. All pages are clean, bright and unmarked, with wonderful illustrations by Gordon Grant. 214 pages. Gordon Grant, illustrator (illustrator).…

Nicol was a Scottish sailor who spent his entire life on the high seas; 214 pages, illustrated. Previous owner's name & an earlier written price on half-title page. A number of small soil spots on top cover otherwise a good trade hard cover book/ no dust jacket. Oversized.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good to very good condition. Spine tips and cover corners are bumped. Some darkening along top edges of covers with a few light stains on back cover. Endpapers are browned at hinges. 214 pages with a frontispiece and an illustration at beginning of each chapter.…

Condition: Good. New York and Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1936. 1st edition. 4to. vi,214pp. Illus. by Gordon Grant. Good book. Good dust jacket. Dust jacket chipped along top edge, worn at folds and front joint. Boards slightly dampstained and discolored. Owner's name on front free endpage. (voyages, personal narratives, sailors, biography) Inquire if you need further information.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. First Printing. Publisher's full oatmeal cloth, gilt lettering on red panels on spine and cover, gilt compass medallion on cover, top edge red, red and black title page. Illustrated with duotone engraved portrait frontispiece by W. H. Lizars and duotone engravings by Gordon Grant at the head of each chapter. Includes Foreword and Afterword by Alexander Laing. NB. John Nicol (1755-1825) was a Scottish sailor who in 1789 sailed on Lady Juliana, a ship that transported convict women to Port Jackson in New South Wales, Australia. His autobiography, published in 1822, offers a rare first-hand account of the life of an ordinary Georgian sailor. . Spine and covers lightly soiled, else near fine; unmarked, tight, and square. The unclipped ($4.00) dust jacket, now in Mylar, is missing its spine and is chipped and worn. VERY GOOD/POOR. . Duotone engravings. 4to 11" - 13" tall. vii, 214 pp. Illustrated by Gordon Grant; W.H. Lizars (illustrator).…