Kicking Canvas by Captain A.A. Bestic - 1957

Evans Brothers Limited, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1957. First Edition. 207 pages. Dust jacket over black cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Notable tanning to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Small tear to lower corner of front board. Books has a backward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Notable foxing. Pencil to front flap. Light rubbing and marking all over.

Evans Brothers, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1959. Cadet edition. 191 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographs. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has heavy wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Tape marks to all edges.

New York: Dutton, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good/Poor. Casecover has minor rubbing along edges. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1958. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has rubbing and edge wear to the spine ends, spine joints and corners. "Albert Bestic was born in Dublin on 26 August 1890, and there he grew up. As a youth on holiday in Scotland, he had seen the Lusitania in the Clyde. “If I could sail on a ship like that, ” he had thought, “I’d go to sea. ” Bestic was apprenticed to sail at age 18 on sailing ships in the process of becoming a professional deck officer in the Mercantile Marine. Four years later, while in the service of Denbigh Castle, he once again saw the large passenger liner sweep by. The… Read More

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc.. Very Good. 1958. Hardcover. Stated First Edition; blue cloth boards, gilt stamped spine; very good in very good dj. .

London: Evans, 1959. Cadet edition, dustwrapper with minor tears and wear, else clean sound copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.