Life Saving Nantucket by Stackpole Edouard (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover, dust jacket. Nice condition. We ship fast.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Foxing to text block. Clean pages. Binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 295 pages. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Paper Covered Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition in near fine condition in a near fine dust jacket. Light blue green boards with a darker green spine and printing on the cover and front panel of the jacket. Gilt printing on the spine. Bright, unmarked, firm and square with little or no wear evident on either the book or the jacket. Some fading to the spine edge of the jacket. Nantucket Island, a tiny island off of the southern coast of Cape Cod, has long been the home of seafaring peoples and fishermen, though surrounded by dangerous shoals. There have been numerous shipwrecks, and ships in trouble over the years, and a great need for life saving ingenuity. These are some of the exciting tales of rescue and heroism. 295 pp. History, Massachusetts, Nantucket Island, Lighthouses, Lifesaving, Nautical, Seafaring, Heroism. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Collectible-Good. Signed by Edouard A. Stackpole on the title page. Text and images are unmarked; pages are bright, though the page edges are age toned and lightly foxed. Binding is sturdy. Dust jacket is lightly edge worn and unevenly faded. There is a ring stain on the front of the dust jacket. Book smells musty. International/Priority shipping at cost. Signed by Author(s).

Paper Covered Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition 4to with bright turquoise boards and matching endpapers and dust jacket. Printed in darker teal blue on cover and dust jacket front with a line drawing of a small dinghy encircled by a life saving tube. Silver printing stamped on spine of the book. Near fine condition with the lightest hint of shelfwear and superficial crease at the upper corner of the first several pages. The dust jacket is also near fine with a hint of fading on the spine panel and a small scratch on the front panel. A history of life saving on the close knit tiny island of Nantucket. Originally rescue attempts were all manned by volunteer crews from the islands, and eventually a government and then Coast Guard station opened. This is an importat part of the long maritime history of the island. 295 pp. History, Maritime, Nantucket, Lifesaving. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A history of the shipwrecks and the Life Saving Service on Nantucket Island from its earliest days. Illustrated. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 295pp. Illustrated. Very slight sunning to top corner of front panel, else fine in near fine, very slightly soiled printed dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hbk small 4to 295pp b/w photos appears unused dj is slightly shelfworn with very small closed tears now in protective sleeve the text is excellent clean tight unmarked as new.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 295 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Some wear to edges and fading to spine and top of covers. Small dark blemish to back cover. Foxing on top and sides of text block. Tight copy otherwise, signed by author Edouard Stackpole on title page. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in upper edge of front end papers. Record # 2230909.

Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (related inscription on end paper) in near fine (light edge wear) dust jacket (in mylar).

Hardcover. First Edition. Fine in decorated paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and blue text and decorations on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4 by 7 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket although the spine area is faded. Signed by the author on the title page just above his printed name without a date or inscription. 295 pages with index of text, black and white photographs and period maps relating to shipwrecks and the Life Saving Service on Nantucket. A very fine, bright and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.