From Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 11 January 2000
About this Item
First impression of the true first edition. ***Very good in grey cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. No bumps or tears to the cloth. Small light surface marks to front and rear boards. Edges of boards slightly faded. Slight spine lean but fragile spine tight. Internally also very good, with the original owner's name, date and place in sepia fountain ink 'Ann Giffard, Easter 1953, Hawick' to top of front free endpaper - and with an attractive contemporaneous Ex Libris black and white illustrated maritime bookplate with the printed names of Basil Greenhill & Ann Giffard to pastedown, with illustration of an old sailing ship and the printed inscription "Polacca brigantine John Blackwell built at Weare Giffard in 1862". Text pages clean. with just a couple of light fox marks to the prelims. No dustwrapper. ***188 x 128 mm. 208 pages. ***From the library of Basil Greenhill and Ann Giffard. Has an Ex Libris association maritime bookplate of two authors: Ann Giffard and Basil Greenhill, who were husband and wife. Basil Greenhill was an author of books and articles on maritime history. He was in the navy, became a lieutenant, worked at the radar research establishment at Malvern, and tested radar on bombers; he later became a diplomat and he was also the director of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. He wrote many books and numerous articles on maritime history, many researched and written with his second wife, Ann Giffard. His best-known book was his two-volume "The Merchant Schooners 1951?57". ***A fragile post-war publication from the Hogarth Press. A true first edition, first impression of Henry Green's first post-war published work in nice collectable condition, albeit without the dustwrapper. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 2752x
Bibliographic Details
Title: BACK [First edition]
Publisher: The Hogarth Press, London
Publication Date: 1946
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Signed: Signed by Ann Giffard: associa
Edition: First Edition
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More InformationFor all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging materials; any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only; for the UK, our standard rate is for first class, and the priority rate includes tracked (signed for) delivery; for International sales, our standard rate is for Airmail delivery, and the priority rate is for tracked (International signed for) delivery. We would prefer that you choose the priority rate (tracked option) for higher value books of say £50 or more. Please note that we will always reduce shipping fees where appropriate e.g. for smaller (lighter) books when we accept your order. For heavier books and sets etc. we will often 'soak up' the extra cost, but on occasion, we may need to charge more than the quoted shipping fee. However, customers will always have the option to either accept or decline the revised order amount. We will also reduce the overall shipping fee for multiple orders. We will endeavour to ship all books within two business days of receiving your order.
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