Spargo Owen (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Second Printing. Oversize . DJ spine slightly sunned. 135 pages + appendix and index. ; 135 pages.

hardcover. Condition: Like New. Warne Research Publications. 1982. First Edition. Fine/Like New condition appears unread clean tight and bright. DJ is in fine condition. Beautiful book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good - Some Wear. 1st Edition. Spiral bound. A couple of the stencils have been used.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Walne, C.V. (illustrator). First U.K. Edition. 135pp, [4] appendix and index. Illust w bw photos and drawings by C.V. Walne. Map. Light blue cloth w gold lettering to spine. Bumping to bottom corners and tail. Binding square and sound. Illustrated blue DJ is clean, however previous owner has neatly trimmed top and bottom edges w masking tape (3/8") to guard against edgewear and reinforced backside of the spine and fore edges the same (not visible). Quarto.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. C.V.Waine. (illustrator). 1st ed. 4to. 135pp. + index. Illus line drawings, colour plates, deck plans etc. An extremely well produced book as per usual from this publisher taking a nostalgic look at some of the old steam coasters which were at one time a familiar sight around the British coast. A very nice copy indeed. 0 905184 05 X.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VINTAGESTAN BOOKS Title: Old Time Steam Coasting by Owen G. Spargo and Thomas H. Thomason Summary: Old Time Steam Coasting is a nonfiction maritime history and memoir book about British steam coasting ships and the sailors who worked aboard them, especially during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Written by experienced seamen Owen G. Spargo and Thomas H. Thomason, it combines historical background with firsthand accounts of life at sea. The covers: ? The era when steam-powered coastal cargo ships ("steam coasters") replaced sailing vessels around Britain. ? Everyday working life aboard these ships including cargo handling, navigation, weather hazards, port operations, and the demanding conditions faced by crews. ? Personal stories and anecdotes from the authors' maritime careers, covering different vessels and coastal trades around Great Britain. ? The economic and social setting of British coastal shipping, including difficult periods such as the Great Depression and changes in maritime technology and trade. Rather than being a technical engineering text, the book is more of an illustrated historical reminiscence. It includes ship descriptions, maps, photographs, and memories intended to preserve a disappearing era of British merchant shipping. Maritime enthusiasts often value it as a record of working steamship culture before modern shipping transformed coastal trade. Authors: Owen G. Spargo and Thomas H. Thomason Illustrated by: C.V. Waine Publisher: Waine Research Publications Year Published: 1982 Edition: 2nd Edition. Reprint Binding type: Hardcover ISBN: 090518405x Dimensions: 29.5cm x 21cm Notes: SKU: VSS / 257 / G / 7404 / 5685 Condition Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Handling marks, fading to spine Book condition: Very good. Handling marks, marks Binding: Intact Pages: 138 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. illustrated by C.V. Waine (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hbk, 135p ill(some col.) 31cm. Book and dust-wrapper in fine condition. [Great Britain Cargo ships Steam coasters Operation 1920-1940 Personal observations Collections] v18 / m16039.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Waine, Charles V (illustrator). Minor creasing and a few small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also some fading to spine of same; slight bumping to spine ends of brown boards, original owner's address label (blacked out) on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Reminiscences by the two authors of their time serving in British steam coasters during the 1920s and 30s. Originally published in 1982, this is a reprint from 1991. 138pp, 6 colour illustrations, 4 plans, and numerous b&w illustrations. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Pappband mit Umschlag-O. Condition: Gut. 135 Seiten, 4°, mit zahlreichen Abbildungen u. 4 Farbtafeln, in englischer Sprache, Reprint der Ausgabe von 1982, sehr gutes Exemplar., - P36406_Segelschiffe Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1100.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st 1982. Author biography pasted to inside lapel of jacket. Otherwise a Fine hardback copy in Fine jacket. Quarto-sized.

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, frontispiece, 138pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & tanning to board edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & foxing to spine, in plastic protective wrapper- no adhesive & easily removed if desired).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Heavy aquamarine colored cloth on boards with bright gilt lettering to spine. Large quarto-sized book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and free of any markings or flaws inside and out, other than name of prior owner to inside front cover. Would be fine otherwise, certainly Near Fine at least. Unclipped Dust Jacket shows original price of 11.95 GBP and has zero scuffing, shelfwear or fading. DJ is Fine. Most copies are in England or abroad as the focus of this work is the coast of the British Isles. Rare to have it in this condition in the US.