Commander Burgess (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Text is clean. Cover shows light wear, faint stain to side text edge. ; 122 pages.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition, 4th Printing. Small octavo hardcover with blue boards; 122 pp;deckled fore-edge. Tight binding, clean throughout; b/w illustrated figures. Cover wear with minor wrinkling to front board; toning to pastedowns. Very Good. A revised and expanded version of J. Tom Burgess's classic manual on cordage, rewritten for modern use by Commander J. Irving. Features 16 chapters of instructional text and diagrams. Provides a historical and practical overview of the "art" of knot-tying, covering cordage in general, simple loops, splicing, hitches, plaits, mats, and specialized anglers' knots.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. British First. Bound in dark blue cloth with gold lettering on front cover and on spine; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; presentation book plate affixed to front end paper; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs, diagrams and maps. Book. …

HARDBACK BROWN. Condition: GOOD. JACKET: FAIR. General wear, rubbed DJ, creased DJ, agetoned DJ, foxed endpapers, deckled pages DATE PUBLISHED: 1946 EDITION: 122.

Brown Cloth. Condition: GOOD (Contents VERY GOOD). No Jacket. This is the first edition. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Pictorial Illustrations Throughout. (illustrator). Signed by A Previous Owner.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Marks on cover (see photo) and inside fly leaf. Sticky tape inside covers. Inscribed fly leaf. Marks on booklet block does not intrude on text. Includes: Cordage in general, Simple Knots and Loops, Shortening, Knots for Uniting Ropes, Splicing Rope, Ties, Ring Knots, Mooring Knots, Hitches, Fastenings and Lashings, The Ends of Ropes, Plaits and Mats, Strops and Slings, Wire, Anglers' Knots. Measures: 12cm x 18cm. …

HARDCOVER BLUE. Condition: VERY GOOD. FIFTH PRINTING. good tight binding, illustrated DATE PUBLISHED: 1943 EDITION: FIFTH PRINTING 122.

Revised edition of the 1950 original. XI, 252 PP with tables and figures, plus 4 folded analysis charts (figures 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, & 20.6). Cloth cover with light soiling, gilt title on front cover and spine. Head of spine slightly damaged. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 21.5 x 14.5.…

paperback. Condition: Good. 1946 George Routledge hardback edition on light Brown marked cloth.

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original olive grey cloth covers, black lettering to the spine. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 122 pp. Monochrome illustrations throughout. In Very Good clean and sharp condition, spine not faded, cloth without any rubbing, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. NAUTICAL (Shipbuilding).…

Beige Cloth. Condition: Good (contents Very Good). No Jacket. This is the first edition. Slightly grubby outer cover binding. Mild browned free endpaper. Mild browned fore'edges. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Signed By a Previous Owner. HARDBACK.…

Condition: VG. London 1948 first edition. Royal Geographical Society. Article in one complete issue of THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL for September 1948. Original printed blue octavo wraps. Burgess article pp. 235-249. Other articles in issue as well. VG no owner marks. light cover wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 1992.Hardcover.Good condition.137 pages.Ships from Japan.Usually ships in 1-2 working days.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Burgess, Commander C. R. Meteorology for seamen. 2nd reprint. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1959. Hardback, VG, no dustjacket. Blue cloth, slightly bumped to corners, gilt lettering to front and spine. Binding strong. Light tanning to endpapers. Small ownership name to ffep. xi, 242pp., b/w illustrations and diagrams, foldout chart. Contents clean and bright. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.…

Condition: Good. A scuff to the left edge of the cover. Ex-libris sticker to the inside page. Content tanned, fine to read and use throughout.

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original aqua marine cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 166 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Housed in Fine condition open-fronted slip case. From the private library of General Sir Edward Arthur Burgess, KCB, OBE with his personal bookplate 'E. A. Burgess' to the verso of the front free end paper with a SIGNED dedication to him by the author to the title page + cartoon of Mahaddie titled 'Hamish' to the front free end paper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF).…