P J Stopford (44 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., Published 1968. Paperback, vii + 109 pp.; 22 cm; second edition, second reprint; illustrated with line drawings and diagrams throughout. In good condition. Orange laminated card covers, lettering in red, the lamination turned in and mitred at the corners as issued. Chipping to the lamination with nicks and short tears along edges, creasing to corners, moderate scuffing and soiling. Binding tight. Pages toned but otherwise unmarked.Practical seamanship manual on rope, wire, blocks, tackles and ground tackle, first published 1925 and still being reprinted forty years later. Stopford opens the second edition by quoting a naval flag officer who had dismissed the first, holding that "most naval learners will be content to acquire their instruction from practical experience rather than from a book of this class." He answers that writing it down was meant to prevent destruction of material and danger to life and limb, and returns to boat-ropes, believing boats reported capsized while being lowered were lost for want of the knowledge. Part I covers cordage manufacture, bends and hitches, splicing, sennit and net-making, blocks and purchases, derricks and towing; Part II anchors, cables, mooring and clearing hawse, closing with fancy knots. Brown, Son & Ferguson of Glasgow have been nautical printers since the 1830s and publish Brown's Nautical Almanac.Contents: Part I. Cordage and Cables: Ropes, Process of Manufacture, Wire Ropes; Care and Maintenance of Ropes, Cutting, Strength, Steel Wire Rope; The Danger of a Taut Span, Strength of a Span; Bends and Hitches, Their Uses; Knots and Splices, Hemp, Wire Splicing, Eye-Splice, Wire Grummet; Point, Graft, Seizing, Lashings, Serving, Flemish Eye; Sennit, Net-Making and Mending; Blocks, Tackles, Purchases, Stropping Blocks; Derricks, Sheers; Boats' Falls; Laying-out Hawsers, Securing to a Buoy; Securing a Vessel alongside a Wharf or another Vessel; Application of the Parallelogram of Forces to the Foregoing Subject; Towing. Part II. Anchors and Cables: Types of Anchors; Cables, Manufacture, Kinds, Shackles; Stowage of Anchors; Cable Holders and Capstans; Anchoring, Weighing, Mooring, Unmooring; Mooring Head and Stern; Clearing Hawse; Laying-out Anchors, Bower, Sheet Anchor, Kedging; Some Fancy Knots.…

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. 290mm x 210mm (11" x 8"). xviii, 101pp + plates. 99 full colour badges. Illustrated laminated card cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 116p, many illustrations, a VG hardback.

First edition tall quarto paperback, 99 pages illustrated with black & white photographs and 99 colour reproductions of badges from HMS Bacchante HMS Buzzard. Fine card covers, no inscriptions.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Excellent reference Volume 2. 99pp., ills., colour section. near fine card covers 0.0.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. 2nd edition. (cordage, cables, seamanship, anchors) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

PB. Condition: very good, wraps (softcover). 99pp ISBN 1870842022. B&W and color illustrations (illustrator).

PB. Condition: very good, wraps (softcover). 97pp ISBN 187084200X. B&W and color illustrations (illustrator).

hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Second edition. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., (1940). Second edition. hardcover. Near Fine. Octavo, yellow cloth covers stamped in black; vii [1] + 116 pages. Includes black and white illustrations. 021210A.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Presumed 1st ed. vii,108pp. Illus drawings & diagrams. Boards lightly rubbed & sl. damage head & tail of spine. Small stamp of previous owner on ffep. Date insc'n. to another owner on front paste. Odd stain inside but generally a decent copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Concise mid-century handbook on the materials, construction, and industrial uses of cordage, ropes, and cables, with clear diagrams and practical trade guidance, minor wear to dust jacket, soiled.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Paper Back. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Ediiton. Nr.Fine; minor shelf-wear to corners, all else As New, no insc. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Illustrated 26 pages of colour plates. Ackns;, Intro , Motto/Text Notes and, Colours, Blazons Notes , Heraldic Glossary , Misc badges / carvings , Sealed Patterns. Contents Lists 99 ships from Bacchante / Badsworth/ Bamborough Castle - to - Burwell / Buxton / Buzzard [ 1919 - 1989 ]126pp.…

Condition: new. new 1st 1988 Neptune Books edition large paperback book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First edition tall quarto paperback, 98 pages illustrated with black & white photographs and 97 colour reproductions of badges from HMS Abdiel to HMS Avon Vale. Near fine card covers, no inscriptions.

SOFT COVERS. Condition: Good. No D/W. TOP AND EDGE OF BLOCK LIGHTLY MARKED. INTERNALLY THE PAGES ARE VERY TIDY . LOVELY COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BADGES. FRONT COVER LIGHTLY CREASED TOP LEFT CORNER. TOP OF SPINE BUMPED/CREASED. GENERAL LIGHT EDGEWEAR.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st eds. 4to. Vol 1 - HMS Abdiel - HMS Avon Vale.xiv98pp + colour plates. Illus b & w photos. Vol 2 HMS Bacchante - HMS Buzzard. xiv,99pp. + colour plates. Illus b & w photos. Both volumes are in protective sleeves and generally in VG condition. Useful reference works. Priced for the 2 volumes.…

Paperback. Condition: nrFine. Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. Very Good Copy in Fair unclipped D/J. Jacket is torn and creased around edges with small pieces missing at head/foot of spine and top corner of lower cover. Free of inscriptions. Clean text and b/w illustrations.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 99 pages plus 99 colour prints of badges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Second Revised Edition. Very Good in a Fair DJ: The Book shows minimal shelf-rubbing along the bottom edge of the brown, cloth-covered boards; mild wear to the head of the backstrip; the text pages have tanned very slightly due to the aging process; the binding leans ever so slightly while remaining secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A carefully-used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive imperfections. The DJ shows a 1: " chip at the head of the backstrip; a 4" tear along the lower outside edge of the rear panel; a small chip at the bottom corner of the front panel; rubbing and consequent soiling to the panels and backstrip; unclipped; mylar-protected. Serviceable but shows heavy wear. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo (8.5 x 5.65 x 0.5 inches). Liberally illustrated with duotone drawings. Language: English. Weight: 10.3 ounces. Hardback with DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; vii, 116 pages.…

Condition: Good. Second impression of the second edition (hardback). 8vo (21cm by 14cm), vii, 116pp. Text illustrations. Original brown cloth, dustwrapper. The book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good minus condition (rubbed and dusty, edges chipped and torn with a little loss). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint ; very good, fresh copy ; no inscriptions ; no dust wrapper. Black & white drawings (illustrator).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Edition. vii, 116pp, appendix, bw ills. Oe tan cloth in jacket. Some soiling and pinkish stain to jacket, a couple of tears and scuff to rear panel. A little paer adhesion to cloth from jacket, light toning. Size: 8vo.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. 2 nd Ed. Ships from u.k Ex. lib markings inside front cover and stamps to rear. hinges cracked, contents sound Size: 8 Vo. Ex-Library.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 2 Vols, large format paperback bindings, illustrated in colour and black & white. (First two volumes in the series) Size: Quarto. 144 pages. 2-volume set (complete). Text is in EN. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Ships & the Sea; EN Language; ISBN: 1870842006. ISBN/EAN: 9781870842006. Inventory No: 92717. …

Condition: Good. 1946. Reprinted. 116 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Black and white illustrations. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.…

Paperback. Condition: Fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This book is the second in a series of twenty volumes which, when completed, will illustrate and describe every badge of the Royal Navy, approved by the ship's Badges Committee from 1919 to 1989. The covers are covered in a clear protective cover. On the copright page there is a small stamp with the former owners name. The price of the book includes UK 2nd class postage. …