Clipper Ship by Denys Burrows (12 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First Edition. A few small closed tears at back of dj.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 184pp; A shelf-worn copy in a price-clipped, creased d/w with some loss to head and tail of spine; In protective sleeving; Previous owner's signature and address written in juvenile hand to ff.e.p.; Illustrated with b/w drawings; Size: 8vo. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Fair condition hard cover, with fair condition jacket, some wear to cover and spine, ex library book with all the usual markings, otherwise in a good readable condition.

1st Ed. 184 PP with 23 b/w illustrations by Graham Wade. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Note on front endpaper. Light foxing on outside page edges and endpapers, o/wise contents near fine. 22.3 x 14.2. Adventures on the tea-clipper Dauntless of Father (Captain) and young son (Apprentice), on the run Australia to China. (Juvenile adventure based on the radio serial Tall Ships of A.B.C.).…

hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Clipper Ship by Denys Burrows is an exciting historical adventure novel set during the great age of sail in the nineteenth century. The story follows the adventures of a young apprentice and his sea-captain father aboard a fast tea clipper trading between Australia and China. Against a backdrop of ocean voyages, fierce storms, demanding seamanship, and the competitive world of the tea trade, the novel vividly recreates life aboard one of the magnificent sailing ships that dominated long-distance commerce before the advent of steam. Combining authentic maritime detail with fast-paced storytelling, it offers an engaging introduction to the romance and dangers of the clipper ship era.…

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Condition Notes: A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over green boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 8¾" x 5¾" (0.5 kg); pp 180; Illustrated by way of: Black & White Drawings; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #171679 ||. Graham Wade (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated by GRAHAME WADE. Hardback: dj (price clipped), slightly rubbed on edges, name 'whited' out on front flyleaf, pages are clean, vg. 8vo, 183pp. Set on board the tea-clipper 'Dauntless' during a voyage between Sydney and China in the 1860s. There are 4 titles in this series on Australia's past. Graham Wade (illustrator).…

8vo (22.5x14cm), hardback, 184pp. Good condition in good dustwrapper (general wear, bumped, rubbed, several surface scratch marks, small catch to rear fold). Bumped, age toned and foxed, faint offsets to endpapers. B&w drawing at frontispiece, b&w drawings in text. Pictures available on request. 'This exciting adventure story of the nineteenth century in concerned with a ship- a tea-clipper on the Australia-China run.'. …

Pp. 184, pictorial double title page, text illustrations; top fore-corner of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small tears; text block slightly browned; name in ink at head of upper free endpaper; Paul Hamlyn, Sydney, 1974. Paul Hamlyn Action series. White (Volume 2) 1395. *Originally published by The Educational Press, in 1965.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Jacket in Protective Sleeve. First Edition. 184 pages. B/w illustrations. Green binding, gold title. A clean, straight book. Jacket bright, complete and undamaged, now protected in a clear mylar sleeve. Scan available.

Condition: Good. Some wear on edges of jacket and an ex-libris sticker has been stuck inside of front cover. Content is fine.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very good copy, digital photos available. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.