Waters Sydney (64 results)

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 4, No. 3. Edited by George H. Scithers. Cover art by Jack Gaughan for "The Book of Baraboo" by Barry B. Longyear. Includes "Editorial: "The Sun and Moon" by Isaac Asimov; "On Books" by Baird Searles; "Darkmorning" by Sydney J. Van Scyoc; "Vacation on the Moon" by Martin Gardner; "Heritage" by Joanne Mitchell; "Hark, Hark, the Quark" by Grant Carrington; "Martian Walkabout" by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre; "Storyteller" by Ardis Waters; "Psychostars" by Rory Harper; "The SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Stauss; "One Kidnapped Clicka" by John Kelly; "Missing the Points" by Chuck McMichael; "Letters". Illustrated by Ron Miller, George Barr, Jack Gaughan, Freff, Patrick A. Lindquist, and Karl B. Kofoed.Small label remnants on front; tanning; minor bumps and dings. Book.

Condition: Good. 1939. No Edition Remarks. 110 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed. 110pp. Illus. Insc'd. ffep. Ep's partly yellowed. VG/VG sl torn marked & grubby dw.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tiny hint of foxing to the prelims only. Waters' Union Line is a concise, company?commissioned history of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, covering its growth from a small Dunedin?based coastal operator in the 1870s into one of the most wide?ranging shipping enterprises in the southern hemisphere. The book traces the company's founding under James Mills, its rapid expansion into trans?Tasman and Pacific services, and its role in mail contracts, troop transport, and intercolonial trade. Waters sketches the development of the fleet ? from early steamers to the well?known liners of the interwar years ? and highlights the company's engineering, management, and operational innovations.

8°, Leinen. Condition: Sehr gut. 263 Seiten Teil des Schutzumschlages auf fliegendes Blatt eingeklebt, Seiten altersgemäß angedunkelt/altersspurig, eine Seite mit geknickter Ecke B05-04-04B Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 474.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 32p With illustrations, the war experiences of the crew and ship HMNZS Leander, from Sub-Antarctic to Red Sea to Pacific, including her torpedoing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Inscription from a John Stitchbury who left on the Dominion Monarch 14th May 43 as part of the 9th reinforcement. Also his ownership stamp to the front paste down. The jacket has minor edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. ILLUSTRATED. LIGHT DJ SHELF WEAR , LIGHT WEAR AND TEARS TO DJ EDGES, LIGHT CLOTH WEAR, OTHERWISE VG. 600 GRAMS.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A short history of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand from 1875 to 1951. Numerous photographs. Some foxing.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 52 pages. 2 Ivor Cutler Poems 4 Abigail Mozley Taking The Waters 7 Sydney Bernard Smith Like Danny The Discovery We Make Is Endless 9 Susan Sterne Cakes, Spaghetti and Lawns 14 Tony Dash Painting, Clock, Picture 16 Oswell Blakeston Art For Arts Sake 17 Oswell Blakeston Where It s At 18 Barbara Riddle Poems 20 Jim Burns Ivory Towers 24 Robert Nye Coral 25 Robert Jenkins Lip-poems 26 Marvin Cohen Time and Eternity 30 Jim Burns Poems 33 Ron Sandford Drawings 36 Paul Wilkes Poems 37 Fleur Adcock Provincials 41 Gavin Ewart Poems 42 Barry Cole Walk About With Stevie 43 Gavin Ewart The Horses Mouth 45 Micheal Brock Poems 46 George Szirtes The Tightrope Walkers 47 Anthony Edkins Begin Again 48 Jim Burns Some of My Best Friends are Alcoholics Inside Back Cover Poem by Paul Wilks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 48p Paper over boards With illustrations, the story of this sailing ship and its sailing in New Zealand waters, written at a time as it was being restored to Finland, scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st ed. 158pp. Illus throughout. The history of a famous shipping company which operated mainly from the UK to Australia & New Zealand. The name of one of the company vessels is written on the front paste. There is sl. occasional foxing & there are sellotape marks & some rubbing to the front paste. O/w VG. The dw is a bit of a mess. It has been marked inside & out by sellotape to repair tapes. It lacks the front flap & there are several small(ish) losses.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: as new. 110 pp; fine company history, with 8 b & w full-page photos; this copy is reprint of original edition of 1939; has address stamp of former owner on ffep.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Somewhat sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: xii, 263 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, plates, maps ; 21 cm. Subjects; New Zealand Shipping Company History. World War, 1939-1945 Transportation. Merchant ships New Zealand History 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, New Zealand. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good for Age. 1st Edition. Browning and age spots, otherwise very good condition.

hardcover octavo (VG+), d/w (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 cost.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

No Jacket. Hardcover imperial octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; 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.

1st Ed. XVIII, (2), 110 PP, plus 8 b/w plates. Fp: Sailing vessel Turakina. Cloth cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 21.2 x 14.8.

first edition 148pp ills.[b/w] GOOD+ (green cloth,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,maps to eps,owner's sign.to half-title,upper third of preface missing,spine cracked w.some pploose and detached).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Burgundy cloth titled in gilt and black on spine, b&w frontis and illstns. Ownership name in front, faint foxing in endpapers. Dust jacket has some tanning, small gap at crown of spine, in a clear film protective sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dj torn at the spine and top; binding firm, inside clean. 158 pages.

Octavo hardcover (VG); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Somewhat sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: xii, 263 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, plates, maps ; 21 cm. Subjects; New Zealand Shipping Company History. World War, 1939-1945 Transportation. Merchant ships New Zealand History 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, New Zealand. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Green boards with gilt lettering - tears & wear to spine tips - clean, f irm interior - 148pp. colour frontis, b&w photos throughout, ep maps. Name and date plus a stamped name in front.

first edition 158pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint of the 1939 edition, 18 preliminary pages, 110 pages, black and white illustrations, fine condition with dust-wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Green cloth boards titled in gilt, endpaper maps, b&w illstns. Slight scuffing to the covers, otherwise unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. d/j top edge wear.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 148pp, list of vessels, bw ills, endpaper maps of USSC trade routes. Or green cloth lacking jacket. Prev owners name written on half-title and title pages. The story of a shipping company of world-wide scope that was founded and managed in New Zealand. Size: 4to.