Bowen Walter G (3 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Illustrated Boards. Condition: Good. First Edition. Undated but probably mid 1950s. There is quite heavy rubbing to the corners of the illustrated boards and some rubbing along the edges. Browning to the page edges . Gift message in ink in the ownership section on the reverse of the front free endpaper. There is some writing in pen on page 84 and a few spots and stains and the pages are a little browned but generally otherwise clean and unmarked. No jacket as issued. The comic strips are illustrated in colour, two tone and black and white by Hugh McClelland. There are also a number of stories which are also illustrated in colour, two tone and black and white and in most cases both the writers and the artists are credited. First printing. McClelland, Hugh; Wragg, Bernard; Walsh, David; Wilson, Maurice; Roberts, Joan; Hoddell, Moira; Scott, Ian; Whitear, Albert; Haywood, Helen; Eastman, N.; O'Leary, G.; Ross, Victor; (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 1413-1444. Many great black and white photos. Features: Youth at the Helm - William Albert Robinson sailed round the world from New York between June 1928 and November 1931 in a ketch only 32 feet 6 inches long (conclusion); Vanishing Coastal Craft - no fewer than 200 distinct types of coastal craft round the shores of Great Britain are rapidly disappearing; Pelagic Whaling - old methods of whaling have been largely superseded by floating factories that can work independently of any land base; The French Navy; Fishery Protection - Britain's Fishery Protection Service; Britain's Passenger Ports - many interesting ports deal with cross-Channel packets which ply regularly to and from Great Britain; The Battle of Tsushima. Moderate wear. Minor markings on page 1444. Three-hole punched. A sound copy. …