smith fox phil (5 Ergebnisse)

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Third Edition. Very good copy in the original blue gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned as with age. Previous owner's inscription. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; vi, 181 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm. Contents; The ship and her story -- The clipper ship "Lightning" -- Across the Western Ocean -- London pride: I. Green's "New Castle"; II. The Blackwell midshipman -- China tea: I. The clipper ship "Thermopylae"; II. The clipper ship "Cutty Sark" -- Wool: I. The old "City of Agra"; II. Some old log-books. The Aberdeen clipper "Cimba"; III. The Aberdeen White Star clipper "Miltiades" -- Epilogue: Days of sail. Subjects; Clipper ships History. Merchant marine Great Britain History. Sailing ships History. Cutty Sark (Clipper ship). Thermopylae (Clipper ship). C. Fox Smith 1882-1954. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original blue gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned as with age. Previous owner's inscription. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; vii, [1], 119, [1] p. : front., plates ; 20 cm. Subjects; Sea poetry, English. Maritime poetry. Sea songs, English. Ballads, English. C. Fox Smith 1882-1954. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original green title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned as with age. Light foxing to prelims. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; vii, 181, [1] p. : front., plates ; 19.5 cm. Contents; To the great South Sea, Captain George Shelvocke's voyage round the world -- A Thames-side ramble, old Rotherhithe and its memories -- 'Alongst the coast of Barbarie .' the romantic career of Sir Henry Mainwaring -- Eastward ho! Sir James Lancaster and the founding of the East India Company -- A tea fleet memory, the story of the clipper 'Fiery Cross' -- Some ancient mariners -- Nelson's men. Subjects; Voyages and travels. Sailors History. Seafaring life. Clipper ships History. Maritime history. C. Fox Smith 1882-1954. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original blue gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned as with age. Previous owner's inscription. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 5 p. l., 3-159, [1] p. : front. ; 20 cm. Notes; "The end of an argument" and "Seattle Sam signs on" have appeared in the Blue Peter. Contents; The last voyage of the "Maid of Athens" -- The end of an argument -- Oranges -- Seattle Sam signs on -- Paddy Doyle's boots -- The unlucky "Altsidora." Subjects; Clipper ships Fiction. Sea stories, English. Merchant marine Fiction. Short stories, English 20th century. C. Fox Smith 1882-1954. 1 Kg.