Barnaby K C (31 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue Cloth, Gilt Title, Xvi + 227 Pages. No Date Stated But Previous Owner's "1924" On The Endpaper. A Bright And Soundly Bound Book, Moderate Shelf-Wear, Not Ex Library.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Condition: Good. 1964. First Edition. 263 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The boards show a moderate bump to the front bottom edge, a light bump to the top, a slight crease to the spine head, and generally very light wear. Inscription to front end paper. The leaves are tight and in very good condition, with a slight gutter gap at the start of the plates at the back of the book. The vast majority of pages are very clean, with very faint tanning to the margins and occasional faint foxing spots. The end papers, title page and foremost pages up to Chapter One (page 7) show moderate foxing spots. Moderate tanning and spotting to the text block edges, with a little dirt to the bottom and top. The book has a faint musty smell. Measures 28.4 x 22.2 x 5.1cm. 645 pages. Weighs over 2kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback first edition in very good condition. No marks, inscriptions or foxing. 263pp including several sections of photographs. Dust jacket in very good condition and now protected in a removable plastic covering. Includes presentation certificate. See seller images.

ist edition, hardback, 8vo, 263pp, slight foxing on edges, otherwise clean and sound, Thornycroft compliments slip laid in, Very Good / Good dustwrapper, wrapper frayed at top of spine, a closed tear on rear panel edge.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 82 pages, 8 figures. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 15 x 22 cms. Category: Institution of Civil Engineers; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, top page edges tanned, previous owner smoked so there is a lingering aroma, some pencil marginalia but no other inscriptions, in a price clipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the edges. xvi + 272 pages, photos on plates, index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover; Hardcover in dust jacket. Red cloth boards are lightly sun faded, lightly bumped corners. Unevenly tanned fore edges. Previous owners name on lightly tanned first free endpaper. Title page lightly tanned and foxed at outer edge. Text is clean, binding is tight. Maroon and tan illustrated dust jacket is unevenly sunned and soiled. Outer edges noticeably chipped. Looks better in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.; B/w Phot & Ill; 4TO; 645 pages.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Brossura. Immagini in b/n f.t. Biblioteca del mare Numero di tavole: 0 pp.294 9788842536512 altezza 21 larghezza 0 Esemplare in buone condizioni.Copertina con tracce di polvere e segni di usura ai bordi e agli angoli.Testo in Lingua Italiana.

First Edition: Hardback, navy cloth, gold titles, 140 x 220 mm., 700 g., 263 pp., with Index and Appendix, illustrated with 67 bw. photographs, original pictorial dw., chipped ad worn with some loss, Fair/VG copy.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Some Ship Disasters and their Causes (1970) by K. C. Barnaby Hutchinson & Co. | ISBN: none Condition: Very Good As sold by Crappy Old Books There are two ways to enjoy the sea. One is to stand on a sunny pier with an ice cream, watching boats bob about like happy toys. The other is to read Some Ship Disasters and their Causes and quietly realise that the ocean is a vast, indifferent machine for turning human confidence into statistics. K. C. Barnaby has written the kind of book that sounds modest and polite, and then proceeds to deliver a steady parade of calamity with the measured tone of someone who has seen enough maritime mishaps to know that drama is optional when the facts are already doing the shouting. The title is almost charmingly restrained: some disasters. Their causes. As if we?re discussing slightly disappointing puddings, rather than the terrifying moment when a ship stops being a ship and starts being a problem. This is not ?stormy romance on the high seas.? This is the why behind the wreckage: the chain of errors, design flaws, misjudgements, overlooked warnings, bad luck, worse decisions, and that timeless human habit of assuming things will be fine because they?ve always been fine before. It?s the kind of reading that makes you respect checklists, engineers, and anyone who says ?let?s not push it? with a straight face. Barnaby?s approach is satisfying in a grimly educational way. Each disaster becomes a case study: what happened, what went wrong, and what can be learned (often the lesson being: do not tempt physics ). You start spotting patterns ? the small compromises that lead to big outcomes, the way systems fail when several ?minor? things align, the role of weather as the ultimate uninvited guest, and the sheer unforgiving reality that water doesn?t negotiate. And the irony, of course, is that ships are marvels: floating cities of steel and ambition, engineered to survive conditions that would flatten most things on land. Yet time and again, they?re undone by the same suspects: complacency, miscommunication, overconfidence, and the awkward truth that the sea always gets a vote. It?s also a lovely example of that 1970 era of factual writing: calm, authoritative, and written for readers who are assumed to have an attention span and a taste for detail. No sensationalism required. No melodrama. Just a steady, practical examination of how disasters occur ? which is oddly comforting, in a way. If you can understand causes, you can imagine prevention. (Or at least you can stop saying ?it?ll be fine? so often.) This copy is Very Good , which feels fitting for a book about things going very badly indeed. Clean, well-kept, and ready for another reader to sit safely on dry land and enjoy the intense satisfaction of learning from other people?s maritime misfortune. Perfect for: nautical history fans and ship nerds engineers, safety people, and anyone who loves a proper post-mortem analysis readers who enjoy their non-fiction with salt spray, hard lessons, and a faint sense of doom From Crappy Old Books : because sometimes the best sea stories aren?t about daring adventures ? they?re about what happens when daring meets reality, and reality quietly wins.

Hutchinson, London 1968. xvi, 271, (1) pp. Publisher's cloth, no jacket.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A good, clean copy. Blue cloth boards. Dustjacket shows signs of shelf wear on top and bottom edges. Free of annotations and highlighting.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, no dj. Light shelfwear to red cloth covers. Gilt letttering is bright. Contents clean and tight. 645 pages, index, b&w photos and illus.

28x22cm. pp645 [heavy book that may require extra shipping costs for overseas orders. Please see our storefront page for shipping information] an historical survey of the Institution's transactions and activities over one hundred years. good clean copy without the dust-wrapper.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2100grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Impression. Illustrated. Hutchinson, February, 1970. Very good indeed in d/w.

hardcover. Condition: Ottimo (Fine). 1974. Copertina editoriale rigida e sovraccoperta alettata. 296 p.; Ill.; 23 cmSL17. Book.

Condition: Buone. italiano Condizioni dell'esterno: Discrete con difetti Condizioni dell'interno: Discrete con Difetti.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Some interesting ships! Written for the Thorneycroft 1964 Centenary. pp263, illus. Charts. Library binding with usual library marks. Reserve collections; seems unread.

Red Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Type: Z 645pp. A lovely copy of this first edition (1960),bound in red cloth boards with a gilt embossed crest to the front board and gilt embossed lettering to the spine. There is a colour frontispiece plate and the text has numerous line drawings throughout. Light fading to the spine and two board corners are a little bumped. There are a couple of additional creases running the length of the frontispiece plate, half title pge and front end paper. There is a slight indentation mark to the front fore edges of several page leaves in the index - not nicking the page. No inscriptions. Very clean and tight - a very good copy.

Rilegato. Cm. 21x14, pp. 296, rilegato in piena tela con fregi in oro al piatto e al dorso con sovraccoperta illustrata, 26 illustrazioni f.t. e un disegno n.t. Ottimo.

1970 UK, hardcover without dustjacket 271 pages, with photos and index. The cases of about 80 shipdisasters. In good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket with edgewear to jacket.

In 8°, tutta tela editoriale con sovracoperta illustrata, pp. 296, con ill. b/n f.t., coll. "Biblioteca del mare 101. Drammi, misteri e tesori 8", lieve brunitura ma esemplare molto buono. (L050) (spedizione standard SEMPRE tracciata con raccomandata - piego di libri, eventuale FATTURA da richiedere all'ordine).

Milano, Mursia, 1974 con 26 tavole fotografiche in nero fuori testo e un disegno nel testo. Ottimo stato.

In 8º 296 pp. Con 26 illustrazioni fuori testo e 1 disegno. Cartone editoriale, titolo oro, sovraccoperta. Lievemente usato, ma in buono stato. All books are in stock in fine condition or described meticulously. Very safe packaging.