P a eaddy (13 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Reprint. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's black cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Very Good Dust-Jacket,which is only very lightly rubbed to the outer edges of the dust-jacket.Price clipped and this copy has no previous inscriptions present.Firm binding with no leaning or rolling to spine.A fascinating work on sea lore and sea legends and the days of the famous sailing ships.Well illustrated with some 24 b&w plates,8vo 212pp Compass Library Edition of 1955.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Hard back, no dust jacket. Some marks to cover but no wear and tear. Some yellowing of pages and some foxing to edges, but good reading copy and black and white plates. Overall fair condition. 212 pages.

Zustand: Good. 1954. First Edition. 196 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Flat signed by the author to front free endpaper. Black and white illustration plates. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. All surfaces tanned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled. Boards are slightly bowed.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Condition Notes: Plain paper dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with tears to the joins at the spine ends. Leans slightly. Previous owners' name and date to the first blank. Pages very gently age-tanned; Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 8½" x 5½" (0.8 kg); pp 212; In the Compass Library series; Includes: Black & white photographs; Glossary; Frontispiece; || 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 #191264 ||. …

1955 edited and revised edition, part of The Compass Library series with B&W illustrations; cover corners lightly bumped with faint faint discolouration to bottom edge. Dust jacket price-clipped with discolouration and wear and tear to edges and corners. Page fore-edges faintly discoloured; otherwise, a good, tidy copy. Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. A good clean copy with only tiny amounts of foxing and a little wear to the board edges. • Origins and Design: Eaddy explains how scows were adapted from North American designs to suit New Zealand's rugged coastal conditions. • Trading Routes and Cargo: The book details the types of goods carried—timber, coal, produce—and the ports they served, from Auckland to remote settlements. • Life Aboard: Through anecdotes and crew stories, readers gain insight into the daily challenges of sailing and maintaining these vessels. • Notable Scows and Voyages: Profiles of famous scows like the Echo, Rawhiti, and Kohi highlight their contributions and adventures. • Decline and Legacy: Eaddy reflects on the fading era of sail and the rise of motorized shipping, preserving the memory of a bygone maritime tradition. Illustrated with monochrome photographs and drawings, the book is both a technical study and a tribute. A valued resource for maritime historians, collectors, and anyone fascinated by New Zealand's nautical heritage.…

223 pages. a few photos. very good condition hardback in the original pictorial boards. [please see our storefront page for shipping information].

1st edition. 196 pages. illustrated. good condition hardback. owner's book-plate to inside front cover, and name to front free end-paper. [please see our storefront page for shipping information] Eaddy's third book on the old sailing ships of New Zealand, this one mainly dealing with the timber trade between Australia and New Zealand.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No dj. very faint foxing title page.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Previous owner's inscription dated 1944 on front endpaper. Foxing to top page edges. A 35mm chip at head of dust-jacket spine. 30mm tears at corners of dust-jacket. Foxing to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 1943 second edition of a title first published in 1943. [14], 193, [1 (blank)] pages. Frontispiece. 15 in-text black-and-white photographic illustrations. Blue cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 185 x 127mm. …

Zustand: Good. Undated but Foreword dated 1939. Plastic film over cover with marks/scratches & sticker on base of spine (may be ex-library). Foxing to textblock edges. Tanning to pages. Some small marks to pages & creases to edges. Text very good.

1955 Andrew Melrose London, hardcover 212 pages, with photo's. book of sailing ships which takes the reader from Loading Timber on the New Zealand coast to Sydney, Valpariso cape Horn and back to England. In good condition.