The romance of the merchant ship by Hawks, Ellison - 1931

London: George G Harrap, 1931 Blue cloth on boards with gilt titles on spine and blind-stamped on upper cover. Slight rubbing to head/foot of spine. Contents clean and flat. Full-colour frontispiece and b/w plates and inset illustrations throughout. One loose plate laid-in.

London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1936. Revised. Hardcover. Good. Revised edition, 1936, hardcover with blue cloth boards, octavo, 318pp., frontispiece in color, otherwise illustrated in b&w. Book good with toning to spine, moderate soil to boards, binding tight, previous owner's marks to front endpapers, endpapers mildly foxed, otherwise text clean and unmarked. No DJ.

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1936. New Edition. 319 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Minor cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Lettering is bright and clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Moderate splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.

G.G. Harrap, 1936-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. harrap 1931 first edition on blue cloth some intermiittent spotting

London - Bombay - Sydney: George G. Harrap & Company Ltd., 1931. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. In this book an attempt is made to present in outline the story of the ship from the beginning. It is a wonderful story of heroic endeavor, and it is closely bound up with the rise and fall of many nations. This comprehensive history of the merchant ship is divided into the following chapters:- Ships of the Ancients - Early Ships in Northern Waters - The Ships of the Explorers - Some Famous Sailing Ships - Types & Rigs of sailing Ships : The Coming of the Steamship - Early Steamship-Building in Great Britain - The First Steamship Crossing of the Atlantic - The Coming of the Iron Ship - Transatlantic Liners of Today - Some Modern Liners and their Owners - The Modern Marine Engine - Motor & Electrically Propelled Ships - Cargo & Oil Tankers - Refrigerator & Other Vessels - The Building of a Ship - Launching & Fitting the Ship - How a Ship is navigated. Very well… Read More

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1931. Hardcover. Good. 1931. First Edition. 318 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front free endpaper. Black and white photographic plates and illustrations throughout with colour frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

G G Harrap, 1931T. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. George G Harrap & Co. LTD 1931 first edition. Some minor foxing to pages, text clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover.

Harrap, London, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Edges browned slightly. Minor water damage to covers, text unaffected. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Ships & the Sea; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 15397. .

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. VG/VG. [1931]. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Cover faded at edges. Chips and closed tears to dustjacket with some staining to light colored back ; Otherwise solid; B&W Photographs with color frontispiece; 319 p. .

London: Harrap, 1931. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. orig. dec. cloth 313pp., col. frontis., b/w pls., illusts., index, Nice period-piece with many b/w plates of ships. Caulfield Grammar School prize-label on front paste-down o/w nice bright copy