Search Results: the pearl seekers by norman bartlett

New York: Coward McCann, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Light wear, clean and unmarked. Jacket worn, shows edgewear, chipping. The story of the Australasian pearl trade. Illus with dozens of photos, drawings, mapped endpapers.

New York: Coward-McCann, 1954. 1st American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Gold-stamped black cloth, foxing on fore-edge & verso frontispiece. Map endpapers, b/w photos.. Handsome aged dust jacket w/ light edgewear. Solid. Printed in Great Britain. 13,000 PB shelf

London: Andrew Melrose , 1954. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good With Light Foxing To The Cloth , Hinges Cracked At The Ep's, Owners Inscription To The Fep Pp 312, Endpaper Maps, Frontis , Illustrations

London: Andrew Melrose. Fair in Fair dust jacket. 1954. Hardcover. 312 pages + frontis + plates + maps on endpapers. Black cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Owner's signature. Moderate browning to page edges. Cloth covers rubbed and dust stained. Heavy creasing and some tears and chips to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper in archival mylar cover. "[...] sets out the whole bloodstained drama of the Pearling trade. It is packed with action and incident, it is full of cut-throats, ne'er-do-wells, rogues and murderers. Through its pages storm and swagger black men, brown men, yellow men and white men pitting their cunning one against the other, pitting their strength against the sea and its perils. " - from blurb on dust wrapper.; 8vo .

London: Andrew Melrose, 1954. 56 illustrations. 312 pp. Maps on the endpapers. Black cloth with gilt titles. Corners lightly bumped. Black DJ with green illustration. Small chips, wear along the edges. VG+/VG. First Edition.