A sack of shakings by Frank T. Bullen - 2009-10-04

C Arthur Pearson, , 1901. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fair. ex library

NY: McClure Phillips and Co., 1901. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, decorated blue cloth, 389 pages. A collection of essays about maritime life. "Shakings are odds and ends of rope and canvas,accumulated during a voyage. They were formerly the perquisites of the Chief Mate". Spine decoration faded, front end papers foxed, otherwise clean, very good. Record # 372645

London: C Arthur Pearson, 1901. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rough cut pages, a little foxing here and there. Binding a little loose, but holding. Black cloth rather rubbed. 8vo. 389pp + two publisher's catalogues.

London: Collins. Cloth on Board. Fair. Undated Collins Clear Type Press edition; collection of essays previously published in 'The Spectator'; b/w frontispiece plate; creasing to some pages and edges and endpapers foxed and browned, some scuffing to red boards; working copy only; pp 264

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1901. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 12mo.. New York: McClure, Phillips, 1901. First edition. 12mo. Decorative blue cloth binding with two-color title, 389 pp., rough-cut. A collection of stories about the sea from The Spectator. Wear top annd bottom of spine, no writing inside. Very Good..

London, George Bell, 1901.. Octavo, vii+390+16pp, original cloth, 'Mullen's Library' plate on front cover (no other library stamps or markings), a very good copy.

Collins. Wear and tear to ends of spine. Rubbed and stained red decorative boards. Colour frontis/title loose. Bookplate of the Jack Cornwell Ward at the Star & Garter Home to fep. Withdrawn stamp to ffep, with owner's name in pencil. No date. Finlay of Inverness label to fep. A collection of essays first published in the Spectator. . Good. Cloth.

London & Bombay: George Bell, 1901 plain green cloth gilt titled spine, rubbed to edges and corners. browned endpapers. Bell's Indian and Colonial Library viii, 389 +16pp adverts at rear, page edges browned, interior quite good. "Shakings are the odds and ends of rope and canvas accumulated during the voyage, which used to be the perquisite of the Chief Mate." Essays and articles many from the Spectator, reprinted in book form, on sailing and the sailors life. Superstitions, big game at sea, battle. author famous for his classic "Cruise of the Cachalot". Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

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

London, C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd., 1901.. 8vo; pp. viii 389 (ii); advertisements, uncut pages; rebound in full leather, lettered in silver on spine; pages flecked; otherwise a very good copy.