Blackman Raymond V B Compiled (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT IN BLACK & WHITE, NUMEROUS FULL PAGE ADVERTS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 13 x 9 INCHES VERY SLIGHT PLAY TO FRONT HINGE WITH THE VERY OCCASIONAL PAGE WITH A MINOR MARK, OVERALL A NICE COPY IN NEAR FINE CONDITION. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.…

EX-LIBRARY, lg quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, red speckling to page edges, illus prelims, mixed pagination, VG- (heavy bruising & scuffing to board edges/extrems, moderate damp wrinkling & tape staining to board edges, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, boards sl shaky, moderate soiling to page edges & eps, usual but minimal library markings, light soiling to some pgs sporadically throughout, light cracking to gutters). …

Quarto, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, printed eps, frontispiece, 59pp ads + xxiii + 438pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate crack to front gutter, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges, moderate tanning & closed tearing to spine with heavy archival tape repairs to spine, moderate foxing).…

Lg quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, illus eps, 55pp ads + 444pp + xxiii index to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to extrems, light soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges & eps, moderate crcaking to gutters, sm tape staining to edges of pgs 334+335) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges & spine with archival tape repairs, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light foxing & soiling).…

Lg quarto, blue buckram heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, printed eps, 64pp ads + vii + 468pp + xviii index to rear, illus/photos, VG (heavy scuffing & staining to spine & board edges with some surface loss, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with loss & archival tape repairs to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to spine, light foxing & soiling). …

Condition: Very Good. Folio. 12.75 x 9 inches. xxiv + 436 pp. + 59 pp. advertisements. Title page in red and black. Bound in original navy cloth, gilt, in unclipped dust wrapper, with some foxing and edge wear, including chips at head and tail of spine, which is sunned as also top edges. Boards have edge wear and some damp staining; otherwise a very good copy with clean interior. Illustrated throughout by black and white photographs, by profile drawings and by cutaways. Front endpapers, advertisements, rear, tables. The sixty third year of issue of the standard work of reference on the navies of the world. Raymond V. B. Blackman (d.1989), naval writer, edited Jane's Fighting Ships, 1951-73. NAVAL/MILITARY SHIPPING NAVAL SHIPS 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED NAVAL/MILITARY. THIS IS A HEAVY SET WHICH WILL INCUR SHIPPING COSTS ABOVE THE DEFAULT RATE QUOTED BY ABE, ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE THE UK. PLEASE CONTACT US DIRECTLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE A QUOTATION FOR POSTAGE BEFORE ORDERING.…