Course Captain a G (31 results)

Condition: Good. 1965. First Edition Thus. 255 pages. Dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over brown cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have m…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. London: Frederick Muller Limited, (1963). First Edition. 8vo. 320pp, Index. 27 illustrations mostly photographs. Blue cloth, fine condition; dj good (price clipped, short tear, edges slightly frayed, discoloration). Exhaustive work by mariner serving aboard…

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 14x23cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 215 pages. The author says the pirates and privateers wh…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. VINTAGESTAN BOOKS Title: Ships of the P and O by Captain A.G. Course Summary: Ships of the P & O is a short-illustrated history by Captain A. G. Course, first published in 1954 as part of the Ship Series. The book traces the development of the Peninsular and O…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, top and bottom of spine a little bumped and a little worn, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, some light foxing / discolouration to a few pages, mainly first and last few but also a few pages in between, previous ow…

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Condition Notes: Matt paper dust wrapper has insignificant edgewear and is a touch faded. Gently bruised at the spine ends and corners of the binding. The contents complete, clean and tight; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over b…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. The jacket is rubbed, worn, torn and chipped. The boards are lightly edge worn. Internally there are inscriptions from a previous owner on the front end page, there are minor marks. The remaining pages are neat. Well bound. ak. Our orders are shipped us…

hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition. No dustjacket. The Deep Sea Tramp by Captain Course is a fascinating memoir of life in the merchant marine during the great age of steam-powered cargo shipping. Drawing on firsthand experience, the author recounts the realities of working aboard deep-sea tramp steamers, v…

1st Ed. (8), 263 PP with 3 maps, plus 4 pages with 8 b/w illustrations. Hard cover. Light foxing mostly on page edges and top outside edge, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. Piracy from the Gulf of Aden to Japan including the more infamous names of Kidd, Avery, Eli Bloggs, the formidable Mrs. Ching, etc. The efforts of those who st…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st ed. xv,176pp. Illus. Story of the ships of Sir William Garthwaite's Marine Navigation Company. Ex lib. copy with the dw laminated to the boards giving the appearance of a dustwrapped copy. Label on the front paste & the remains of one on the ffep. Withdrawn stamp on the ffe…

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 14x23cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ has some minor edgewear and a sunned spine and is now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 26…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Life Histories of the great and graceful square rigged vessels, including "Rodney" which raced the Cutty Sark. Illustrated with B&W photos. 230 pages, 450g, 9" Tall. Previous owner's bookplate on endpaper and pencild date on ffep. No other inscriptions. Some edg…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Corner unclipped, wear to edges and corners of dustjacket, edges and corners creased and worn, some small rips and nicks, shiny surface delaminating on edges, top and bottom of spine chipped and worn, some light wear to covers and spine, corners a little worn, top and…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Oxford University Press. 1956. First Edition. Book Condition: Almost Very Good. Former Library book with usual stamps and markings. The last days of the old days as seen by a square rig man. 197pp. 47 illus., 23 black and white photographic plates. Covers a little grubby, text…

David and Carles 1968 UK, hardcover with dustjacket 266 pages, with photos. A.G. Course chronicles the final chapter of the British Merchant Navy's glorious era, focusing on the John Stewart Line of sailing ships from 1877 to 1928. ÂThis book documents the twilight years of sail-powered vessels as they faced increasing competit…