Gaster Jack (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The copyright page has 'First Published 2010'. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

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Condition: Very Good. New/unused condition with small scuffs and scratches to the cover. The content is in new condition.

Condition: Very Good. Shelf wear to the softcover & textblock edge. Content is in very good, clean condition.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 192 pages. 9.13x6.14x0.55 inches. In Stock.

1st Ed. 192 PP with 32 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers, clear plastic cover. Title page with name of previous owner, and rubbed on lower half. An otherwise very good clean copy. 23 x 16. On the Thames and with the Royal Navy from June 1942 to April 1947. Return to the Thames then with the Thames Water Authority.…

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. No date (c1933). 16pp Critique of the Sedition Bill. Small Marx Memorial Library stamp to cover - no other library traces.

1st edition stiff wrappers New Book tall octavo. 128pp., col. & b/w pls., Joseph John William Gaster (Jack) was born within the chimes of the Bow Bells in August 1923. A true cockney, Jack grew up with a love for the water and gained an apprenticeship for the Worshipful Company of Watermen and Lightermen when only a few days past his 14th birthday. Virtually his whole working life was spent on the River Thames: working on tugs from those early days as a 14 year old apprentice, through the Second World War and the post-war decline for the London docks; he joined the police to serve 22 years as a Thames Police Officer; he then spent ten years piloting the scientific launch for Thames Water.…

Pamphlet. Condition: Good. 32pp Includes K E Heath 'The Popular Front and the CP'; S Kahan 'Midland Shop Stewards' Council'; W McShane 'Unemployment & Instructional Centres'; Jack Gaster 'Re-Armament - For What?' etc. slightly creased where folded down middle.