Waters d sydney (32 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1939. No Edition Remarks. 110 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Good clean copy with some rubbing to the rear cover. Tiny hint of foxing. The story of the four-masted barque Pamir, one of the last great commercial sailing ships. It traces her long career carrying cargo around the world, including her famous voyages between Europe and New Zealand, wartime service under New Zealand control, and her return to German ownership. The account also covers the ship's tragic loss in a hurricane in the North Atlantic in 1957, when most of her crew perished.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket Issued. 1st Edition. Tiny hint of foxing to the prelims only. Waters' Union Line is a concise, company‑commissioned history of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, covering its growth from a small Dunedin‑based coastal operator in the 1870s into one of the most wide‑ranging shipping enterprises in the southern hemisphere. The book traces the company's founding under James Mills, its rapid expansion into trans‑Tasman and Pacific services, and its role in mail contracts, troop transport, and intercolonial trade. Waters sketches the development of the fleet — from early steamers to the well‑known liners of the interwar years — and highlights the company's engineering, management, and operational innovations.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket Issued. 1st Edition. Tiny hint of foxing to the prelims only. Waters' Union Line is a concise, company‑commissioned history of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, covering its growth from a small Dunedin‑based coastal operator in the 1870s into one of the most wide‑ranging shipping enterprises in the southern hemisphere. The book traces the company's founding under James Mills, its rapid expansion into trans‑Tasman and Pacific services, and its role in mail contracts, troop transport, and intercolonial trade. Waters sketches the development of the fleet — from early steamers to the well‑known liners of the interwar years — and highlights the company's engineering, management, and operational innovations.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Inscription from a John Stitchbury who left on the Dominion Monarch 14th May 43 as part of the 9th reinforcement. Also his ownership stamp to the front paste down. The jacket has minor edge wear.

hardcover octavo (VG+), d/w (G+) ; 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.…

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.…

No Jacket. Hardcover imperial octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; 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 costs.…

first edition 148pp ills.[b/w] GOOD+ (green cloth,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,maps to eps,owner's sign.to half-title,upper third of preface missing,spine cracked w.some pploose and detached).

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. ILLUSTRATED. LIGHT DJ SHELF WEAR , LIGHT WEAR AND TEARS TO DJ EDGES, LIGHT CLOTH WEAR, OTHERWISE VG. 600 GRAMS.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Burgundy cloth titled in gilt and black on spine, b&w frontis and illstns. Ownership name in front, faint foxing in endpapers. Dust jacket has some tanning, small gap at crown of spine, in a clear film protective sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Dj torn at the spine and top; binding firm, inside clean. 158 pages.

first edition 158pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.).

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering on faux leather title plate to spine, teg, frontispiece, xii + 263pp, illus, VG in d/w VG.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Green cloth boards titled in gilt, endpaper maps, b&w illstns. Slight scuffing to the covers, otherwise unmarked.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Somewhat sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: xii, 263 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, plates, maps ; 21 cm. Subjects; New Zealand Shipping Company History. World War, 1939-1945 Transportation. Merchant ships New Zealand History 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, New Zealand. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Somewhat sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: xii, 263 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, plates, maps ; 21 cm. Subjects; New Zealand Shipping Company History. World War, 1939-1945 Transportation. Merchant ships New Zealand History 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, New Zealand. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. A very good copy with a name on the half-title page. The dust jacket has wear to the folds.

Red hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition with marked, chipped and darkened dust jacket. Cover bumped with some fading to top of spine. Inner hinge cracking. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). xii, 263pp + plates.

Cloth. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG. 1st. Official history of the New Zealand Shipping Company and its vessels up to 1939. 110pp, illustrated. A VG clean copy in dw.

First edition, small octavo, illus heavy card boards, 48pp, illus, VG- (some plates loose, light scuffing and soiling, light tanning within, light foxing).

Super octavo, red cloth boards, black stamped lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 188 pp, illust, folding maps, VG ( slight brusing to spine edges, light tanning to page edges, former owners name written in pen on fep, 3x small numbers written in pen on front pastedown, 1x small word + 4x numbers written in pen on rear ep ) in d/w Scruffy ( repaired with archival tape on inside of cover, heavy chipping to edges, heavy chafing/creasing to covers, mild staining to covers, 2x small words + 3x numbers written in pen on cover spine & flap ).…

Wellington, 1951. 148 pp. Ills. Hardcover. [78352].

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Burgundy cloth titled in gilt and black on spine, b&w frontis and illstns. Included is a letter on NZSCo letterhead forwarding this copy with compliments. Very tidy, just light foxing in edges and endpapers. Dust jacket is unclipped, corner tears, light tanning, protected in a clear plastic sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Green boards with gilt lettering - tears & wear to spine tips - clean, f irm interior - 148pp. colour frontis, b&w photos throughout, ep maps. Name and date plus a stamped name in front.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. d/j top edge wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. pp 157 d/j small chip at head of spine now plastic protected.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. pp 157 d/j small chip at head of spine now plastic protected.

Hardback. The story of the New Zealand Shipping Company 1873-1939. 128pp, ills. 1939. VG in DW.