Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1932
Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
8Vo Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st. 208p. Text is unmarked on warm pages. Black cloth boards marked by bumped corners and minor shelf wear. Binding is canted but tight, hinges are secure. Foxing present on endpages. Name inscribed on half title. Lacks a jacket.
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd., London
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. (1936) 340 pp. Original green cloth covers, lightly soiled and rubbed w/ light fraying to corners and spine ends. Light scattered foxing. Previous owner's stamp on front blank endpaper. Illust. w/ b/w plates.
Published by Lond. Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1929
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Or.cl. xii,244pp. (a little foxing) b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. The life of a Mercantile Marine officer serving in colonial clippers during the 19th century.
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co Ltd, 1932
Seller: Zulu Books, Keswick, NA, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. A fair hardcover copy in a likewise dustcover. The dustcover has edge tears, rubbing and marks. The page ends are spotted and the spine ends are rubbed. The covers are marked and there's some toning and spotting internally also. The spine is straight and the binding is tight. Please see photos.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). A Royal Naval officer's account of his service in the Great War, blockading continental ports on the English Channel, supervising convoys in the Mediterranean, and participating in the development of enigmatic "mystery towers", part of an ambitious plan t With a foreword by Commander Carolyn Bellains, R.N. (Ret.) Late Member of Parliament for Maidstone. From the Preface: "My object in recording these events which came under my personal observation, and in which I took an active part, is to enable my countrymen to form a just estimate of various aspects of the Great War." In a black cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Externally, generally smart. Some light rubbing and wear to the top and tail of the spine. Spine is also slightly cocked. Front hinge is slightly tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a little browned and foxed to predominantly front and rear pastedowns and free-end papers. Edges of leaves are a little burnished. Very Good Indeed. book.
Published by Sampson Low and Marston & Co., Ltd,London, 1929
Seller: E.J Morten Booksellers BA, MANCHESTER, United Kingdom
Hb In Original Pictorial Dw 244pp, Illustrations Travels in Burma and The Indian Ocean Vg/Vg Copy(Lightly chipped to head of spine of Dw) Uncommon in Dw.
Published by The Institution Of Naval Architects, 1924
Seller: Deightons, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Softback. 4to. (2) + 16 + (2)pp including printed wrappers. Publisher's soft card yellow wrappers, black titles to front. 2 metal staples. . Covers : slight shelf dust around edges, 1horizontal fold else clean & unchipped. Contents : slight rust to staples, horizontal fold else very clean & tight & unfoxed. Clean tight copy. VG.