Martin E G Irving John (32 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No jacket. Faint circular stain on front board, hinges broken. 1933 Hard Cover. 592 pp. Front endpapers illustrated with the standing running rigging of a cruising yawl. Rear endpapers illustrated with some cruising rigs, the names of sails, and the parts of sails. A collection of ship terminology with over 500 illustrations.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A beautiful, crisp, clean hardcover in very good condition; expected light age toning to pages and textblock. DJ in very good condition with mild rubbing and edge wear, now in protective mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Very good copy in very good dust jacket with slight wear on cover. Hardcover. 592 pp with index and black and white photographs. A well organized and easy to follow guide for aspiring sailors or enthusiasts of the art of ocean-racing. and cruising. Hear from 15-16 contributors who have recognized authority in each of his particular field. Part of the collection of volumes from the Lonsdale Library of various sports.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Described as "the most comprehensive work on the subject that has ever been published". Includes a glossary of yachting terms. With over five hundred illustrations, 592 pages. Dust jacket is tattered and faded. Book.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. Water mark to top corner of front pages. DJ with some edge wear, age tone and water mark to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Previous owner name stamp. Slight darkening to brown cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in VG-minus condition: slight overall wear turning light at the spine ends with a tiny cloth tear at the top of the back hinge, pages a little age-yellowed with owner's name and 1933 date on the front endpaper, vintage bookstore sticker inside the front cover, otherwise unmarked. 592 pages, "over five hundred illustrations". Without DJ. [2.2 lbs]. Book.…

ex library, octavo hardcover (G+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Complete. Volume XV only. The boards are edge rubbed with light knocks and marks. The binding is secure. Sticker residue on the front paste down. No ink inscriptions or annotations. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG. No Dustwrapper. 1st. 592 pages. Brown cloth. Spine very sl faded. Heavy book may incur additional shipping charges.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Lonsdale Library Volume XV. Early Twentieth Century. Some light foxing to page edges.Photocopied jacket. Over 500 Illustrations (illustrator).

Lonsdale Library: volume XV. 1935 reprint with numerous B&W illustrations; binding tight; dust jacket not price-clipped with wear, tear and losses to edges and corners, especially of spine - paper onlays to front and spine; coloured top page fore-edge - other fore-edges uniformly yellowed; slight yellowing to edges of pages internally; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Fair dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Fair dust jacket.…

Hard. Condition: Good. Presumed first. Undated. c.1933. Good. Publishers deluxe binding of green quarter morocco leather and cloth. Slightly foxed. With over 500 illustrations. (illustrator).

First edition. 8vo. 592 pp. Illustrations. 57 photographic illustrations. Figures in text. Hardcover binding, gilt lettering spine, very good condition. (10247).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover in good condition. No dust jacket. The boards are fairly well worn with moisture marks, foxing, bumped corners and marks from years of general wear. Cocked spine. Marking on the page block. Slight foxing on the FEP and REP. The pages in the main body are clean and clear. Illustrations are included. GE. Used.…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. A hardback volume in Acceptable condition, boards and spine faded and lightly worn, interior clean and quite bright. No dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. No dustwrapper, some bumping and shelf-wear to spine ends and corners of brown buckram boards, a patch of old water marking to back cover, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a not too bad copy, with gilt titles on spine and gilt monogram on front board all still bright, of this hard-cover book. Number 15 (XV) in the publisher's "The Lonsdale Library" series, this book contains forty-nine chapters by various authors on all aspects of sailing and yachting. No publication date shown, but was first published in 1935, and the list of other titles on page facing half-title goes up to volume 20 which was "ready September 1935". A heavy book, packaged weight is over 1 kilo, so extra postage will be required from buyers outside the UK. 589pp, 63 full-page b&w illustrations plus smaller b&w diagrams in the text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Reprint of the 1933 edition. Volume XV, in The Lonsdale Library series. Introduction by The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, editor. 592 PP with 415 figures (line drawings, plans, sketches), plus 32 plates with 63 b/w photos. Fp: The Bermuda cutter "Patience". FEP: The standing & running rigging of a cruising Yawl. REP: Some Cruising Rigs. Top outside edge tinted. Cloth covers, gilt device on front cover and title on spine, illustrated dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with light wear and in a protective sleeve. Near fine. 22 x 14.3.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Dust jacket badly torn and has been sellotaped in the past, tape losing stick. Cover brown with gilt logo and lettering on spine. Endpapers illustrated. Fronyispiece illustration crinkled and wear marks on some pages. Multiple expert authors, over 500 illustrations both diagramatic and photographs. Lonsdale library vol XV.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Brown cloth hard cover with gilt L and crown on front cover - bumped/very light wear to corner tips/overall Good+. In illustrated DJ - a bit of wear to spine ends and corners/overall Good. 592 pages with additional illustrations. Some foxing to text block. Content Good. (933g) Photo on request. Correct postage will be asked for if more than default price quoted as the proceeds from the sale of the book go to charity.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. Lt brown cloth with gilt titling to spine and cover crest. 592 ppgs. Illustrated endpapers. Spine ends very lightly bumped and very light corner wear. Illustrated with over 500 b/w photographs and drawings. Definitive companion for all yachtsman. Lonsdale Library vol. XV. …

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Muy bien. Edición Ilustrada. London, The Lonsdale Library, Volume XV, 1945, 592 pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: Types of Cruising Yachts. The Design of Cruising Yachts. Yachts Construction. Yachts Cruising Yachts With Auxiliary Power. Some Details of Arrangements For Lighting, Heating, Sanitation, Masts and Spars. Sails. Dinchies. Ground Tackle. Botswain's Stores. Boatswain's Work. Painting and Varnishing. Fitting-Out. Preparing For Sea. Getting Under Way. Manoeuvering Under Sail. Passage-Making. Light Weather Gear. Heavy Weather. Anchorage, Bringing Up and Stowing Away. Anchor Work, Mooring. Coastwise Yacht Navigation. Weather-Lore. Rule of the Road. Accidents and Mishaps. Working Repairs. Cooking. The Ship's Papers and Registration. The Engagement of Paid Hands. Going Foreign. Through the French Canals to the Mediterranean. Insurance. Laying-Up. Permanent Moorings. Standing Rigging. Running Rigging. Some Legal Aspects of Yachting. Flag Etiquette. The Medicine Chest. Single-Handed Sailing. Trade Wind Sailing. Ocean Racing. The Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club. The Royal Cruising Club. The Cruising Association. The Clyde Crusing Club. The Royal Ocean Racing. The Little Ship Club. The Irish Cruising Club. Books For the Yachtsman. General Index and Glossary of Sea Terms. Index to Legal Aspects of Yachting. With hundreds of Illustrations. Ilustrado con 415 figuras y 63 planchas. Muy buena encuadernación tela de editor, lomo con decoraciones y letras doradas. Muy buen estado. 4to.…

Or.cl. 592pp. b/w plates & ills. Sl. foxing on edges else Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 592, 63 plates, 415 figs, diagrams on endpapers, publisher's 2-tone cloth binding with gilt tiles to spine; dj clipped and price replaced with a War Economy price sticker. No date, owner acquisition date of May 1943 0n first blank page and no other indication of edition of impression and possibly a first edition. Not ex library, single inscription, dj with edge wear, faded spine and dusty. "Without question this is he most complete and comprehensive book that has ever been produced on the subject by one whose authority is beyond doubt" Yachting World. Published in the Lonsdale Library Series, volume no. XV.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. The Lonsdale Library. Vol. XV. Cruising. Ocean Racing. Slight foxing to edge. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: Types of Cruising Yachts. The Design of Cruising Yachts. Yacht Construction. Cruising Yauchts With Auxilliary Power. Some Details of Arrangements For Lighting, Heating, Sanitation, Etc., Etc. Masts and Spars. Sails. Dinchies. Ground Tackle. Botswain's Stores. Boatswain's Work. Painting and Varnishing. Fitting-Out. Preparing For Sea. Getting Under Way. Manoeuvering Under Sail. Passage-Making. Light Weather Gear. Heavy Weather. Anchorage, Bringing Up and Stowing Away. Anchor Work, Mooring, Etc. Coastwise Yacht Navigation. Weather-Lore. Rule of the Road/ Accidents anmd Mishaps. Working Repairs, Etc. Cooking. The Ship's Papers and Registration. The Engagement of Paid Hands. Going Foreign. Through the French Canals to the Mediterranean. Insurance. Laying-Up. Permanent Moorings. Standing Rigging. Running Rigging. Some Legal Aspects of Yachting. Flag Etiquette. The Medicine Chest. Single-Handed Sailing. Trade Wind Sailing. Ocean Racing. The Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club. The Royal Cruising Club. The Cruising Association. The Clyde Crusing Club. The Royal Ocean Racing Club. The Little Ship Club. The Irish Cruising Club. Books For the Yachtsman. General Indedx and Glossary of Seas Terms. Index to Legal Aspects of Yachting. With Over Five Hundred Illustrations. 592 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

Leinen m. Umschlag-O. Condition: Gut. 1. Auflage.. 592 Seiten, 8°, über 500 Illustrationen, davon einige wunderschöne Segelschiffsaufnahmen zB. Fantome, Bermuda Schooners, Black Joke, Thoma u.a., Umschlag mehrfach eingerissen, Ecken best., sonst gutes Exemplar. P4456_Segelschiffe Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1200.…

Cloth & Boards. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. The Lonsdale Library. Vol. XV. Cruising. Ocean Racing. Slight foxing to edge. Brown cloth and boards and gilt lettering. Contents: Types of Cruising Yachts. The Design of Cruising Yachts. Yacht Construction. Cruising Yauchts With Auxilliary Power. Some Details of Arrangements For Lighting, Heating, Sanitation, Etc., Etc. Masts and Spars. Sails. Dinchies. Ground Tackle. Botswain's Stores. Boatswain's Work. Painting and Varnishing. Fitting-Out. Preparing For Sea. Getting Under Way. Manoeuvering Under Sail. Passage-Making. Light Weather Gear. Heavy Weather. Anchorage, Bringing Up and Stowing Away. Anchor Work, Mooring, Etc. Coastwise Yacht Navigation. Weather-Lore. Rule of the Road/ Accidents anmd Mishaps. Working Repairs, Etc. Cooking. The Ship's Papers and Registration. The Engagement of Paid Hands. Going Foreign. Through the French Canals to the Mediterranean. Insurance. Laying-Up. Permanent Moorings. Standing Rigging. Running Rigging. Some Legal Aspects of Yachting. Flag Etiquette. The Medicine Chest. Single-Handed Sailing. Trade Wind Sailing. Ocean Racing. The Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club. The Royal Cruising Club. The Cruising Association. The Clyde Crusing Club. The Royal Ocean Racing Club. The Little Ship Club. The Irish Cruising Club. Books For the Yachtsman. General Indedx and Glossary of Seas Terms. Index to Legal Aspects of Yachting. With Over Five Hundred Illustrations. 592 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). …

With over five hundred illustrations. London 1933. 592 pages + plates. Original cloth. 2 leaves with small tear in margin.*The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, volume XV.[#185142].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, pp,592, with over five hundred illustrations, gilt titled quarter tan cloth, pictorial clipped dust-jacket which has a little edge-wear to the backstrip. The Lonsdale Library Volume XV.

Leinen-O. Condition: Gut. 1. Auflage.. 592 Seiten, 8°; with Over five hundred Illustrations, davon einige wunderschöne Segelschiffsaufnahmen zB. Fantome, Bermuda Schooners, Black Joke, Thoma u.a., minimal staubfleckig, sonst gutes Exemplar P40527_Segel-Yachten Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1100. …