Macfarlane Grieve Captain a a Ed (2 results)

Hardcover. 8vo. Pp: xx, 250. First Edition, no dust jacket as issued. Publisher's original purple boards with gilt lettering at spine and front. Bookplate of Leclerc-Costello to front pastedown. Previous ownership signature to front free end paper. Black and white photograph of gathered rowers loosely inserted. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Good only. Somewhat used copy with rubbing and toning to both tail and head of spine and corners. Some soiling to boards. Rear bottom front corner bumped. However, contents are clean and quite sound for a book of its age.

First edition. "With a foreword and introductory chapter by Lieut-Col. W.D. Lowe .Including also 'Durham School Rowing,' by the Rev. R.H.J. Poole, M.A., and 'The Durham Amateur Rowing Club,' by J.G. Burrell, Esq."* Illustrated with photographs. Original violet-blue cloth, lettered in gilt; corners, joints and spine ends faintly rubbed; lightly speckled patch on rear. Endpapers toned; edges a bit dusty. A near fine copy.