Stapleton B (135 results)

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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paper Back. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 256pp.; SC red w/white (yellow w/white on spine) pic cover; AS NEW; clean, tight pgs. Examination of key issues in New Mexico public education for use in classes to prep teachers, principals, & superintendents as well as specialists on the politics & financing of education. signed 9x6" ISBN: 9780826336552. By Both Authors. …

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Cover and edges may have some wear.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: as new. Appears unread. May have a retail sticker on back cover or remainder mark on the text block.

Softcover. Condition: Wie neu. Der Zustand des Buches ist ausgezeichnet. Es ist unbenutzt.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine, Pristine. No markings. Illustrated. Jacket not clipped. Forward by H.R.H The Prince Philip, Inscribed by author, includes July 1985 Naval Review article by author laid in // Shipped carefully packed in a sturdy box. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Condition: New.

HC. 193pp Owner's name front free end paper - "Entertaining Narratives, Anecdotes and Incidents, Illustrative of the Evangelical Work Founded by Rev. Jacob Albright in AD 1800." IMAGES AVAILABLE. good, black cloth (hardcover) some light water staining covers. B&W illustrations (illustrator).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Steam Picket Boats by N. B. J. Stapleton, published by Terence Dalton Limited in 1980, is a wonderfully specialised book about a wonderfully specialised class of naval craft: the small steam-powered picket boats that spent decades doing the sort of useful, unglamorous work without which large warships would have been considerably less impressive. These were not the great battleships that dominated postcards and recruiting posters. Picket boats were the smaller working craft: carrying officers and men, patrolling harbours, acting as tenders, towing, ferrying, communicating and generally doing all the jobs that become absolutely essential once somebody has built a fleet of enormous ships and then discovered that those ships cannot conveniently pop ashore for milk. Stapleton traces the development and use of these compact steam vessels, looking at their design, machinery, service and place within the Royal Navy. It is the sort of maritime history that concentrates on the practical hardware rather than admirals staring meaningfully at charts, and is all the better for it. There is something especially appealing about naval auxiliary craft because they tend to survive in history only at the edges of photographs. A battleship occupies ninety per cent of the picture while, somewhere near the bottom, a small boat is actually carrying everybody to it. Steam Picket Boats gives those small boats their turn in the foreground. For anyone interested in marine engineering, the book also offers the pleasures of steam machinery on a manageable scale. Boilers, engines, hull forms and working arrangements all mattered enormously when a small vessel might be expected to operate daily in crowded naval waters with no computer diagnostics and very little tolerance for somebody saying, ?Have you tried turning it off and on again?? The subject also belongs to an age when navies required astonishing numbers of specialised boats for jobs that today might be performed by launches with diesel engines, radios and considerably fewer polished brass fittings. In the steam era, even a relatively modest harbour craft could contain enough pipes, valves and machinery to keep a mechanically minded person happily occupied for years. Published by Terence Dalton, a firm well known for serious maritime and local-history titles, this is very much a book for readers who enjoy proper niche history. It does not attempt to pretend that steam picket boats changed civilisation. Instead, it documents them carefully because they existed, they mattered, and somebody sensibly realised that if nobody wrote the details down they would eventually disappear into the great historical category of ?small boat visible in background? It should appeal to naval historians, steam enthusiasts, ship modellers, marine engineers, Royal Navy collectors and anyone with the admirable habit of becoming fascinated by things most people have never heard of. Condition: Good. A sound used copy with normal signs of age and handling. Published in 1980, it has now reached the age where it is itself beginning to qualify as maritime history, although fortunately it requires rather less maintenance than an actual steam launch. ISBN: 0900963638. A pleasingly obscure and informative title about the workhorses of the naval steam age, ideal for anyone who thinks the smaller boats are often more interesting than the enormous ones getting all the attention. Sold by Crappy Old Books ? specialists in books on subjects you did not realise you were interested in until approximately thirty seconds ago.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. 156 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Relevant materials included from previous owner.

Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

First edition. xx, 256 pages. Hardcover: H 28.5cm x L 36.25cm. Blue illustrated dust jacket; mild soiling to rear panel; light crease at front flap fold heel; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Navy blue cloth with gilt stamping; bottom corner of front board bumped. Faint creases to several preliminary leaves; interior pages are otherwise clean. Lacks the publisher's errata slip. Binding is firm. Still a near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. With a Foreword by Edward C. Carter II, Editor's Note by Darwin H. Stapleton, ten color plates, b/w plans, maps, figures, Appendix, Bibliography, and Index. Feature essays "The Engineering Practice of Benjamin Henry Latrobe" (pages 3-71) and "The Susquehanna River Survey Map" (pages 73-109) with remaining text/illustrations reviewing Latrobe's plans for the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation in England, the Washington D.C. Naval Drydock and Potomac Canal extension, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, the Washington Canal, the Dismal Swamp Canal, the James River Canal and Railroad, the National Road (a.k.a. the Cumberland Road), the Philadelphia Waterworks, the New Orleans Waterworks, Mud Island Bar on the Delaware River below Philadelphia, fascine works for New Orleans, the Washington Navy Yard Steam Engine, and Latrobe's drawings for a pulley block mill, a hoisting machine, and a crane. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 5.5 pounds (2.49 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. ISBN 0300022271.…

Condition: New.

Condition: Good / Vintage. No Dust Jacket. Spiral Bound / Flex Cover. Clean and Unmarked Text. Some slight moisture stains on covers and bottom ends of papges, slight but present. Paperback : soft cover edition in good clean condition, a typical used book with some slight wear to edges and spine. Firmly readable. As to be expected with used books, there may be some minor bumping, creases, and/or scuffs. Overall a good copy. We appreciate your consideration of one of our books, art prints or novelty items. We strive to offer fast, courteous and professional service to all our patrons. Reading is one of life's great pleasures. Please inquire for further details, our items arrive shrink wrapped and well packed. ~ Thank you for viewing and stopping by. Some b/w Illustrations (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. very good +. 106 pp; covers the history and development of the steam picket boat, the weapons and armaments, the spar and Whitehead topedoes, various drills and general fleet duties; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; dj has heavy scuff mark to top right corner of rear panel.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2001 edition. 412 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Terence Dalton, Limited, Lavenham, Suffolk, UK. 1980. 106 pgs . Profusely illustrated with b & w photos. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Covers the history and development of the steam picket boat, the weapons and armaments, the spar and Whitehead topedoes, various drills and general fleet duties; EB; 6.7 X 4.2 X 1.0 inches; 106 pages.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 355 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.80 inches. In Stock.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.