Windjammers Shellbacks by Chatterton Keble (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. White letters on green cloth. No date; c 1920s. 254 pages. Color frontispiece. 23 b & w plates; one in-text illustration. Corners are a little rubbed. Bottom end of spine is rubbed and has a wrinkle. Front cover has a half circle, 1 3/4 in., very light water stain. Back cover has three linear faded spots--longest is 1/2 in. Scans e-mailed upon request. Owner's name on front fep.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Early Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott. No date. Circa 1920s Early US edition. Green cloth.8vo-over 7ĆĀ¾"-9ĆĀ¾" tall. Edge wear, wear to spine ends and corners, bumped, title lettering rubbed, last page of book has chips and tears from being torn instead of cut apart. See photos clphE.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright, pencil front, 246pp with B&W illustrations. Good clipped DJ with some edge wear and creasing, small loss top of spine.

hardback very good+ condition in green cloth.

Condition: Poor. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, With owner's name and inscription inside cover. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 254pp. Ill. Publication date is an estimate.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Neptune Edition. Spine, binding and cover all fine; contents very clean and no inscription. Robust boards. Dustcover is unclipped though faded with quite damaged edges. The actual book itself is a very good, interesting, copy. 246 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. New Edition. Neptune Library illustrated edition 8vo, published in cream with green to front and spine, no jacket.Minor bumps to prominences, edges and spine dust-dulled, sound binding, very good internal condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Profusely illustrated with photographs, prints, and drawings. Several editions were printed - this one is undated . ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original green title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned as with age. Remains well-preserved overall. Date is suggested. Physical description; 254 pages : illustrations, including colour frontispiece ; hardcover. Notes; First edition. Subjects; Seafaring life Anecdotes. Sailors Anecdotes. Sailing ships History. Merchant marine History. Sea stories, English. Maritime history. E. Keble Chatterton. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A clean, tight copy bound in green cloth. Slight foxing inside. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardback.No Dust Jacket in Very Good condition. Frontispiece and twenty other illustrations. Not inscribed. White cloth boards with blue lettering to front and spine slightly rubbed/foxed. Light foxing to a few pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners a little bumped, top and bottom of spine a little bumped, surface of covers grubby, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear but yellowing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Neptune Library edition. 1st Neptune Library edition. 22cm. VG, no DJ, spine of cloth covers browned. Name stamps (2) on FFEP and sub-title, dealer stamp lower FFEP. Foxing to side and lower edges, EPs and first few and last pages. Otherwise internally VG. 246 pages, 22 b/w pics, 1 in text. A dozen chapters on what this well-known maritime author describes as "brave sailors venturing in windjammers large and small" recalls the days when world trade and exploration depended on windpower, with all the hazards of seagoing in those times.

Reprint in the Neptune Library of the 1926 original. IX, 246 PP with 1 figure, plus 16 b/w plates with 22 illustrations. Cloth covers somewhat soiled and a little frayed at bottom of spine. Dulled spine, no dust jacket. Occasional foxing, o/wise contents clean and still a very good copy. 22 x 15.2. Search for the Northwest passage in 1619. Castaway on Juan de Nova, shipwreck off Macassar,.

ed. hardback very good condition in a somewhat worn and dirty dust jacket.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Reprint. 246 pages illustrated. A good copy in cream cloth. Neat previous owners name on the fep. Lacks dust jacket.

hardback. Condition: Fine. Strange True Stories of the Sea. Illustrated. 1st ed. Phila. (Lippincott) nd. A fine copy, unopened. Front cover a bit rubbed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. White printing on green cloth; spine shows slight discoloration, else Very Good.

1st edition. 254 pages. 34 illustrations, including colour frontispiece.good condition hardback. light wear and marking to the binding with fading to the spine [Please see our storefront page for shipping information] sailing ship tales.

Reprint in the Neptune Library of the 1926 original. IX, 246 PP with 1 figure, plus 16 b/w plates with 22 illustrations. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine, bright dust jacket which is in a protective sleeve. Faint signature of previous owner on inside front cover, light foxing around outside edges, o/wise a very nice copy. 22 x 15.2. Search for the Northwest passage in 1619. Castaway on Juan de Nova, shipwreck off Macassar,.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG++. No Jacket. First Edition. "Strange True Stories of the Sea"; Bound in green buckram with white lettering; illustrated; associational note signed by daughter of Captain John A. Beebe, one of the ship captains whose adventures are described; previous owners name on ffep.; 254pp.

Boards. 1st edition. Octavo, cloth boards, colour frontis, b&w plates, pp 254. Very good condition.

1926 London, hardcover 254 pages, with illustrations.Ā A collection of vivid, true maritime tales in which E. Keble Chatterton captures the waning age of wooden sailing ships, hard-bitten seafarers, and the lore of the foācāsle. Blending first-hand accounts with nautical history, the book evokes the romance, peril, and discipline of life under sail as steam power began to eclipse the great windjammers. In good condition.