Bird Dawning by John Masefield (63 results)

Condition: Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. NOT an ex library book. 314 pages including the index. Dust jacket has no chips or tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. The New Windmill Series publication. Mild tanning to page edges; offsetting to paste down and front free page, along with gift inscription on front free page.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No dust jacket. Cover has some spots and a little bit of rubbing. Spine leaning. Writing on front pane/end page, a few brown spots, and one dog-ear. Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. This book and jacket are in fine condition. The edges show slight wear but there are no tears or stains. This is the 25th printing of the book which was originally published in 1933. The book is about the survival of 18 men in a lifeboat after their ship Blackgauntlet sank. Masefield was a Poet Laureate of England in the 1930s. He also wrote Grace Before Ploughing, Dauber and Reynard the Fox, and the Taking of the Gry. There is a glossary. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit environmental restoration and education.

Cloth. Condition: Good. (Reprint, 1933) Smaller, thicker book, green cloth with illustration in dark blue of ship at top front left, label inside front cover for "Metropolitan Circulating Library," in Binghamton, NY. Inside first front end paper is flap from DJ with plot summary--glued there. No library card or other library markings. 310 lightly browned pages. Spine very slightly darker, tiny brown smudge at back right. Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Thus. 314pp. HARDCOVER Outstanding copy. No inscriptions. Like new. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Fine. 25th Ptg. Smaller book, quality dark blue cloth, very bright gilt lettering and borders on spine, 310 pages. DJ glossy blue background, an illustration on front of sailship, smiling man, and boat with sailors on high seas on front, related books by Masefield on back. Remainder mark pages' bottom edge. DJ has micronick near spine bottom right. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Condition: Fair. 1938. Reprinted. 290 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Green w/blue lettering and ship vignette. Very mild wear. Binding glue has discolored endpapers, gift inscription front endpaper, text clean and bright, the very occasional spot.

Reprint. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 192 p. 18 cm. Subjects; English fiction. English fiction; 20th century. Drama. English literature; 20th century. English literature. 1 Kg.

Reprint. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 191 p. ; 18 cm. Subjects; English fiction. English literature. English fiction; 20th century. Classics novelists. 1 Kg.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Previous owner's ink inscription. Second edition. Faded patch on the back board Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Masefield, the poet, is here a seaman, telling a stark realistic story of the sea in real windjammer language. It seems to be factual in the same way Mutiny on the Bounty was factual, recording the voyage and wreck of the Clipper Blackgauntlet; the salvage by her survivors of The Bird of Dawning, abandoned in mid ocean by a fanatical skipper and the race home of the China Tea Fleet. There is a glorious picture of three tall ships thundering up the channel ahead of a roaring westerly, with every rag of canvas set, that will thrill the most blase armchair navigator. I class it with the best sea stories of all time." (Kirkus Reviews) Originally written in 1933, this classic sea adventure tells of the Blackgauntlet and her homeward-bound race from China to London. Disaster strikes when the becalmed tea-clipper Blackgauntlet is struck at night by a passing steamship. Half of the crew manage to escape by lifeboat; the rest perish. Cruiser, the 22-year old second mate who has always longed to be captain, takes command. Sharks, mutiny and the most unpredictable threat of all, the sea herself, are the challenges for Cruiser and his crew. About the Author John Masefield (18781967) was Poet Laureate of Great Britain from 1930 until his death. He is famous for writing about the sea, and is also the author of childrens classics such as The Box of Delights. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Acceptable. The Macmillan Company New York 1956 12mo. 310 pages. grey cloth boards age toned, soiled, and stained. sunned spine. hinge cracked at rfep.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No DJ. Some sunning to the spine. Minor fraying to board corner. PO name inside front cover. Pages are clean and free from markings or creases. Binding is tight. TJ/Jones.

Hardcover. 2nd printing. 310 p. Very good condition; spine darkened.

Reprint. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 192 p. 18 cm. Subjects; English fiction. English fiction; 20th century. Drama. English literature; 20th century. English literature. 1 Kg.

Reprint. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 191 p. ; 18 cm. Subjects; English fiction. English literature. English fiction; 20th century. Classics novelists. 1 Kg.

1933 CONDITION: g NOTE: tight.

1933 CONDITION: soiled cover NOTE: tight fep missing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. 1959. Reprint. 218 pages. No dust jacket. Blue pictorial cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Slight forward lean to text block. Boards are slightly bowed.

Soft Cover. Condition: VG+. First Thus. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & creased, inscrip. to first page); pp. 224 (last blank). A very good copy.

Condition: Good. 1933. Reprinted. 310 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Boards are slightly bowed.

Hardback. Condition: Good+, sound copy. Hardback. First edition. 290pp. Sea-faring novel with glossary. John Masefield (1878-1967) was Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and to the front. Cloth is tanned to fore-edges and to spine but is otherwise clean. Previous owner's bookplate to endpaper. Text is clean. Binding is sound. Good+, sound copy.

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 310. Ex library, with pocket, stamps, etc., o/w VG.

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 290. Some foxing at ends and on edges, cover little worn, one hinge tender, o/w VG.