Fox Cecil (29 results)

Condition: like_new. Book is in like new condition with minimal signs of wear. Pages are clean and free from notes or highlighting. Dust cover is intact. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Very Good. Facsimile Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. 116 pp., hardcover, spiral bound, ex library, else text clean & binding tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. In excellent condition. Appears to be an unread copy. Incidental shelf wear only. 30-day returns. Shipments destined outside Canada may be subject to duties in the country where the customer resides. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; R0 2.1m/2m s0.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. pgs.311 clean tight copy.

paperback. Condition: Good. Facsimile Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition; no remainder marks. It does have some cover shelfwear. Name stamp to fly leaf was blacked out. Inside pages are clean. ; 169 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 116pp. Hardcover, spiral bound. Heavily illustrated w/color photos.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Manual of Seamanship for Boys and Seamen of the Royal Navy, 1904, Cecil H. Fox. Published by Algrove Publishing, Ottawa, 2003. Card covers. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 311pp. illustrated throughout with diagrams etc. In fine, unread condition with very light shelf wear to covers.

Condition: Very Good. 1981. Natural History, invertebrates. The Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, 116p., very good spiral bound boards. 4/26.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint of the 1905 edition, 311 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Maps; b/w Illus (illustrator). 1st. First Edition, First Printing; 255 clean,unmarked pages/index; family tree.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. Staple-bound in card covers. Covers show general wear. Interior is unmarked. Several leaves have creased corners. 40 pages. 10 x 6.75 inches. Includes an early, and possibly the first, published piece of prose by the novelist Ardyth Kennelly. The Manuscript was the literary magazine published by the English Department at Oregon State College. Contributors: James Byron Adams, Dorothy L. Anderson, Audred Arnold, Helen Hawkes Battey, Maxine Bennett, Cecil T. Carroll, Lawrence Chapman, A. R. Curtis, Bertha Eicher, Wilford Emmel, Bert Evans, Maurice K. Fox, Howard Gibbs, Walter Hanthorn, Joel Hedgpeth, Margaret E. Holmes, Louise Homewood, Dena Joy, Ardyth Kennelly, Hugh Kerwin, Kenneth Kutch (linoprint illustration), Omar M. Lloyd, Artha Olin, Anita Post, Wilma Post, Donald Prentiss, Norman Rudd, Fletcher Walker, and Clifford Wyckoff.

Paperback. Condition: New.

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Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 8vo pp. 311. "This wonderful old teaching manual has been out of print for nearly a century. Still very relevant for sailing vessels, it has chapters on signals, boat work, bends and hitches, knots and splicing, rope making, anchor work, compass and helm, rigging, etc. Of the 392 pages, two-thirds are devoted to sailing vessels and? book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Large spiral hardback in very good condition. Signed by author, Carl Fox. Signed by Author(s).

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Medium8vo, 40 p. Original printed light card covers, stapled. a Very good copy and scarce, only appears in Boston College on WorldCat. Light book, the postage you pay will be reduced.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Large spiral bound hardcover. Illustrated with full-color plates. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 4to. Two magazines bound in one volume, original wrappers bound in. Flyers Library volumes I & II. 1st/1st. Only volume I dated. Special services editions. Volume 11 inscribed by the author. Full navy cloth. 64; 48 pp. B&W photos in text. Light rubbing and foxing to cloth. Interior age toned. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Beaton, Cecil (Photo Portrait of Marlon Brando) (illustrator). First Edition. 58 pages. Features: The (Marlon) Brando Boom - article with great photos; 'The Last Fifties Picture Show' - photos; Article on Bulgarian cinema; 'Paul and Michelle' - photos; 'Eskimo Nell' - photos; Felix the Cat remembered - major article; records; and more. Ads include: 'That's Entertainment'; 'The Odessa File'; 'A Man for All Seasons'. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Films and Filming Magazine, November 1974 - Cover Photo of Sean Bury and Anicee Alvina in 'Paul and Michelle (Marlon) Brando Boom - article with great photos; 'The Last Fifties Picture Show' - photos; Article on Bulgarian cinema; 'Paul and Michelle' - pho.

Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in Good condition without dust jackets. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Ex Library of the Scottish Office in London. 330mm x 220mm (13" x 9"). 154pp, 162pp, 175pp; 120pp, 115pp, 117pp, 87pp, 201pp. Royal Commission on Labour. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. Published: 1905. Not signed by author. H.M.S Ganges Boatswain de Ste. Croix's Shotley foundation manual with complete training schedules. PROVENANCE: From the personal records of either Jno. De Ste. Croix Boatswain H. M. S. Ganges, 1905 or a new recruit under the tutelage of Ste. Croix. DESCRIPTION: Publisher's original gilt stamped cloth. Fifty nine plates (some colour, some fold out). Laid on handwritten plates to front free endpaper and rear paste down showing training schedules for recruits. Front paste down states previous owners names or possibly the recruit instructor 'Jno de Ste Croix Boatswain H.M.S. Ganges 1905' Language: English Book Condition: Poor. Wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Tear to length of front spine edge cloth. Rubbed cloth with some marks. Tightly bound with intact endpapers and strong hinges. All plates present as prescribed. Soiling to most page margins from usage. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 311. Size: 19 cm by 12. 5 cm. PROVENANCE BACKGROUND: The training regime on H. M. S. Ganges at Shotley was a brutal but systematic ideology designed to break civilian boys and rebuild them as standardised naval ratings. Recruits underwent the ritualistic Kitting Up, which involved the total erasure of their civilian identity through hair-shearing and the issuance of stamped naval uniforms. The curriculum was a rigorous 12-month Policy Manual of technical and physical mastery, balancing academic classroom work with high-stakes practical seaman skills like Boat Pulling, Gunnery, and Signals. Central to this Master Practitioner education was the mandatory requirement of Swimming and the psychological test of climbing the 143ft mast. This environment of uncompromising discipline, enforced by Boatswains like Jno de Ste Croix, transformed 150,000 recruits into the backbone of the Royal Navys global fleet, establishing the Ganges Boy as a symbol of extreme technical and moral endurance. John de Ste. Croix (1866-1934) was a high-status naval professional and Master Practitioner within the Royal Navys elite instructional tier during the transition to modern naval warfare. The September 1905 Navy List and the National Archives (ADM 196/143/409) verifies his rank as Boatswain, a Commissioned Warrant Officer, with a seniority date of 14 August 1902. His appointment to H. M. S. Ganges in 1905 placed him at the centre of the ships pivotal move from its old wooden moorings at Harwich to the foundational shore establishment at Shotley. From the handwritten schedules found within his manual, we can infer de Ste. Croix served as a Technical Architect for Second Class recruits, overseeing the rituals of naval life such as Kitting Up and Swimming. He was among the first generation of officers to establish the legendary Shotley discipline, with his manual acting as the Operational Policy for the first divisions of Ganges Boys.