captain course (16 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1965. First Edition Thus. 255 pages. Dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over brown cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. London: Frederick Muller Limited, (1963). First Edition. 8vo. 320pp, Index. 27 illustrations mostly photographs. Blue cloth, fine condition; dj good (price clipped, short tear, edges slightly frayed, discoloration). Exhaustive work by mariner serving aboard merchant ships for nearly half a century. ; Illustrated; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages.

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. drawings by Commander C.H. Williams (illustrator). First Edition First Printing. Landscape size, 5.6 inches long. Navy blue cloth boards. Inner hinge split at the title page. Small pen marks on some pages. The remains of a jacket in very poor condition with scuffing creases and tears with substantial paper loss.

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 14x23cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 215 pages. The author says the pirates and privateers who operated in the North Atlantic, Caribbean and New England seas, were the most cruel and uncouth of all sea marauders.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. Condition Notes: Matt paper dust wrapper has insignificant edgewear and is a touch faded. Gently bruised at the spine ends and corners of the binding. The contents complete, clean and tight; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 8¾" x 5¾" (0.8 kg); pp 254; Index; Bibliography; Includes: Black & white plates; Appendices (2); || 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 #203580 ||.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. First Edition. The jacket is rubbed, worn, torn and chipped. The boards are lightly edge worn. Internally there are inscriptions from a previous owner on the front end page, there are minor marks. The remaining pages are neat. Well bound. ak. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 14x23cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ has some minor edgewear and a sunned spine and is now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 263 pages. This covers all of the famour and infamous names - including Kidd, Avery, Eli Bloggs, Mrs Ching and Rajah James Brooke.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Green boards, Very Good in a foxed but whole dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. In excellent condition - no marks or inscriptions. DJ protected by mylar jacket.

8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 23 plates on 12 and tables in the text; original green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, small dent in lower board else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes full particulars of vessels, register of captains, and list of vessels and captains.

David and Carles 1968 UK, hardcover with dustjacket 266 pages, with photos. A.G. Course chronicles the final chapter of the British Merchant Navy's glorious era, focusing on the John Stewart Line of sailing ships from 1877 to 1928. ÂThis book documents the twilight years of sail-powered vessels as they faced increasing competition from steamships, ultimately losing the battle for trade ÂIn good condition.

1966 DenHaag, hardcover without dust jacket 263 pages, illurlstrated. History of piracy between the the Gulf of Aden till Japan. Without dust jacket as on image. In good condition.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Jacket. 230 pp. Index. B/w photographs.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Nicolson, W.C. (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. xxiv, 65-126 pages. Features: Return from the Dead - three fishermen face hell adrift for months in the Atlantic - with map and photo; Awakening to Nightmare (on Elephant Island); The Train Jumpers - Francis Dickie recalls a nightmare journey jumping a train from Portland to San Francisco - with photos of the author; The White Rhino Hated Cars - article with photos; 50 Tons of Gold - the ongoing search for "Valverde's" Inca gold - article with photos and map; Terrorists On My Tail - A reporter under attack in Morocco - article with photos; Ringing Gannets off the coast of Scotland; Men of Site "X" - the ice and blizzard-ridden existence of men on the DEW line across northern Canada and Alaska; The Terrible Carpet of Bones - the terrible slaughter of the buffalo herds; The Curse of Pulo Jehat - the evil of a witch doctor survives his death; The End of the Hoodoo 'Bambo'; Pirates Aboard! - China Sea pirates board the s.s. Hong Bee - article with map and photo of the ship; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.