Clavell Blount (5 results)

Condition: Good. 1962. No Edition Remarks. 178 pages. Signed by the author. Dust jacket over green cloth. Signed by the author with dedication to front free endpaper. Pages are bright and clear with light foxing and tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate dirt marks, staining, tanning and scuffing overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The Clair Press 1962 1st edn hardback.Silver title to spine.Slight spotting to pageblock only.Contents pristine with no markings.Binding tight.Unclipped dustjacket has rubbing/small chips to extremities and is a bit grubby.Near fine/good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A hardback First Edition in Good condition, edges a little flecked, interior very clean and bright. No dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Dust wrapper a little rubbed at the edges with creasing to both the panels and sunning to the spine. Price Clipped. Previous owners' inscription to the front pastedown. Text complete, clean and tight; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over blue boards with red title plate with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 7½" x 5" (0.4 kg); pp 151; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #167699 ||.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Original detailed ship log book kept by Royal Navy sailor Clavell W.S. Blount in the mid-19th century. The log includes his service on HMS Odin, HMS Victory, and HMS Actaeon between October 7, 1855 to April 21, 1857. Blount participated in the Crimean War while serving on the HMS Odin, a 16-gun steam-powered first-class paddle frigate. After returning to England, Blount recounts training and drill while serving on the HMS Victory, the 104-gun first-rate ship of the line that was the flagship of Lord Nelson during the Napoleonic Wars. Next, Blount served on the HMS Actaeon, a 26-gun sixth rate frigate that was converted to a survey ship. On the Actaeon, Blount describes a voyage from England that sailed to Maderia, Rio de Janerio, and the Cape of Good Hope. Three-quarter leather with heavily rubbed marbled boards. Rebacked gilt-ribbed spine with black and gilt title label. Light wear to head of spine, and light bumping to corners. Binding firm. Marbled endpapers with early label (inside front board) of Hamblin "Wholesale & Retail Stationer & Account Book Maker" of London, suggesting original diary was rebound at a later date. Contents include cruise of HMS Odin from October 7, 1855 to August 7, 1856 (162 pp.), moored on HMS Victory from August 8, 1856 to September 11, 1856 (14 pp.), and cruise of HMS Actaeon from September 12, 1856 to April 21, 1857 (148 pp.). Frontispiece pencil sketch of Viking god Odin. Reverse of page has detailed pen/ink and watercolor profile of HMS Odin. Two pages have damage and some loss, and another page missing upper third of page. Five other pages have approximately 3-inch portions missing from upper right page margins not effecting text. Text in otherwise very good condition with neat, legible entries. Important, one of a kind first-hand view of life in the Royal Navy in the mid-19th century. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, 324 pp.