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UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour pictorial artwork by Robert Dudley,illustrated front of dw/dj with capitalised,red+grey lettered part-title,subtitle with other red+black lettered sub-title to a glossy yellow banner and capitalised,white-lettered author's name to dw/dj front; grey spine/backstrip with publisher's white illustrated colophon to an orange band at head of spine,glossy white banner… Read more about this item

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,regional colour map and colour imaginery scenic painting illustration to front panel of dw/dj with brown+black lettering,rear panel with contemporary sepia thumbnail photographs of various ships' crew members' portraits; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and… Read more about this item

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Originally and previously first published US,Simon & Schuster,1984.] FINE-/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, wrap-around,glossy,navy blue background with slightly sunned/faded spine/backstrip and capitalised red-lettered title and author name with capitalised,white-lettered sub-title to fron of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with faded red capitalised part-title,capitalised white-lettered author name and capitalised,white-lettered publisher's name to foot of same,rear panel of… Read more about this item

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, but price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,glossy laminated colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj [burning of the English Fleet at Chatham,painted by Peter vanden Velde - Rijksmuseum,Amsterdam.]; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top edge lightly dust-soiled and minimally spotted/foxed,fore-edge cleaner but minisculely spotted/foxed; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases… Read more about this item

UK,ex-lib 8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG+.[Though an ex-public library book,in the publisher's original,beige buckram binding with sealed,cellophane protection to boards upto it's edges; and with all it's usual library alpha-numerical notations,it's overall appearance both externally and internally,commensurate with it's age,is of a solid, sound,clean example.] No previous owner inscrptn,but a neat,clean,dark blue Anchor motif'ed 'Plymouth Public Libraries - MOUNT WISE NAVAL… Read more about this item

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,ex-library,new impression,1st thus. [Originally published 1969,this edn,a new impression published 1971.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but oval,green ink public library stamp to front pastedown - partially covered by dw/djs' front,inner flap,the residue of removed ticket pocket to ffe,rectangular library stamp with library numeration towards foot of dedication page and 3 other oval,green ink public library stamp,one to bottom, lower corner pp21,another… Read more about this item

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around pale sand background with colour pictorial artwork illustration reproduction to dw/dj,with capitalised,black-lettered part-title and b other black-lettered remainder of ttile with grey-lettered author name; spine/backstrip with capitalised,black-lettered part-title as front but white-lettered remainder of… Read more about this item

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around seascape colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with glossy pale green-lettered part-title and white lettered sub-title,capitalised glossy green/blue-lettered author name; and other white+pale green lettered review; spine/ backstrip with similalrly coloured+lettered part title,glossy pale blue-lettered author name… Read more about this item

Hongkong,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Though published in China/Hong Kong,the text is in English throughout.] NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip - absence of publisher's price. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Minimal bumping with reciprocal creasing to head of spine/backstrip and to both top corners too.Top edge lightly… Read more about this item

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,b/w photographic (wreck of the barque 'Concezione') illustrated upper panel of dw/dj with blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.Small,vertical,4/5" closed tear with reciprocal oblique creasing,to rear panel's gutter edge of spine/ backstrip,a further small,vertical,1/2" closed tear to top edge of same rear panel -… Read more about this item

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,Olympic/Titanic(?) ship's colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,grey-lettered title,other grey-lettered author's name,a white spine/backstrip with capitalised,black-lettered title, other black-lettered author name and green illustrated +lettered publisher's colophon to foot of same,rear panel with b/w thumbnail ship photograph of front's ship's photograph with black lettered paragraph… Read more about this item

UK,slim 8vo original stapled paper wraps,1st edn.VG. No owner inscrptn,and absence of published price. Bright,clean paper covers: front cover a pale green with a colour pictorial illustration of a slip-way'ed life-boat and capitalised white-lettered title and black 1958 year date,rusted stapled spine,rear cover with a London shipping company (F.T. Everard & Sons, Limited advert with colour painting illustration of S.B.… Read more about this item

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE+/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with white, orange and red lettering to front,white spine/backstrip with black shadow-outlined white lettering,white lettered book's resume of assisted instruction; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – one tiny snick at head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj - no other nicks or tears present,a tiny… Read more about this item

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,subject's colour photographic portrait illustrated dw/dj,with b/w+gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head+foot of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj,minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing and some light superficial but minimal scoring/indents to dw/dj panels' - boards… Read more about this item

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line 2.So,1st edn,2nd imp.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,cream background with colour photographic montage'd/ illustrated dw/dj,with brown+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of dw/dj's spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing,top rear board's corner minimally creased.Top +fore-edges bright and clean;… Read more about this item

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, glossy laminated,colour scenic seascape photographic illustrated upper panel,with white,grey and gilt lettering; with some minimal shelf-wear and creasing to dw/dj.Both head+foot of spine/backtrip of dw/dj and boards are minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing,a small closed tear to rear,top… Read more about this item

UK,slim Qrto hB+dw/dj,facsimile SIGNED,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's bold,black felt-tip pen ink facsimile dedication+ initialled signature: 'to Sasha,my son. R.L (angled,forward oblique underscore)' to top corner of front free endpaper and no price-clip to dw/dj - lack of publisher's printed price - therefore believed to be an export edn,which precedes the UK trade issue.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated… Read more about this item

UK,slim 8vo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn thus.[First published/printed as a Pelican Special by Penguin Books,1938.A 2nd edn,revised and enlarged in 1946.This edn aTravel Book Club issue,so a 1st thus edn.] VG++.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original undecorated,plain bright green cloth boards with black printed letters to spine/backstrip and lightly foxed/spotted white sets of endpapers.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned but still fairly bright,clean with… Read more about this item

UK.slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT./FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£19.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy,montage'd b/w+ colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white lettering, lightly sunned/faded(?) red spine/backstrip with white lettering, rear panel of dw/dj also with montage'd colour and sepia photographs; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top +fore-edges bright and clean… Read more about this item

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Originally and first published by Hart-Davis, MacGibbon,London [1975].This example by arrangement with Granada Publishing Limited.] VG++/VG. Owner calligraphic b/w bookplate to frontpastedown and no publisher's price as a book club edition,so no clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around historical b/w illustration reproduction illustrated dw/dj with black lettering to… Read more about this item