Search Results: Marine - Boats - History from First Used Books

London: Richard Tilling, 1945. Light wear to head and heel of spine; lightly bumped upper front corner. Occasional repair or reinforcement using white archival tape skillfully applied at spine of last leaves of some gatherings. Additional images and text relevant to certain steamers, cut from some other publication, are either laid in at relevant ship or left loose. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Arleta, CA: Clymer Publns, 1984. The tiniest of handling wear to covers, would be as new except for what is thought to be fading of yellow color at front top edge (sunning). Spine is straight and uncreased. Interior is tight, unmarked, crisp, apparently unread. Stated first printing September 1984. 335 pp.. First. Pictorial Card. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Vancouver: Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association, 1982. Fine condition except small bump to lower front edge. Staples tight and unrusted. Interior tight and unmarked. This booklet was designed to accompany a traveling exhibit of historical artifacts of Captain James Cook's encounter and interaction with native peoples of Canada's west coast. Unpaginated.. First Thus. Stapled Card. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Catalog.

London: Percival Marshall & Co., 1948. Dj has tears, chips and tape repairs. Interior tight and unmarked, lightly tanning due to poor quality of post-WW2 paper. B&W photo frontis of the Royal Eagle. Fold-out sheer plan of the same vessel forms the final leaf of this book. 97 pp. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very good/Tattered. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Centreville, Maryland, U.S.A.: Cornell Maritime Pr/Tidewater Pub, 1971. Price clipped dj has tears and chipping with a loss of material along the upper edge, also discoloration, slight soilage and a small stain lower front. Maroon boards show little wear, but front and rear upper edges each have one small bump indentation. Interior is tight and unmarked, although former pencilled price still shows slightly despite erasure. Use of MUSE (an automatic data retrieval system for books based on ISBN) pulls up the date 1970. This is an error in that the copyright date given in this book is 1971, and it would be highly unlikely for it to have been published prior to copyright. 128 pp.. First. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Sidney, BC Canada: Porthole Press, 1983. Dj shows moderate rubbing, bumpng and shelfwear, with several creases, small tears and chips along upper and lower edges. Green boards are fine. Spine sound with tight hinges. Interior tight and unmarked. 232 pp.. First. Cloth. Fine/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.: Curtis Pub Co, 1978. Dj, not price-clipped, shows minisucle rubbing and bumping, with minimum shelfwear leaving a light curl to the upper front edge, but no nicks or tears. In addition, there is a creased corner on front fold, and the white upper edge of rear dj is lightly sunned. Boards show almost no wear. Interior is tight and unmarked. Gift quality. 152 pp. Lavishly illustrated in color paintings and b&w photos and drawings.. First. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Toronto: Seal, 1984. Miniscule rubbing or shelfwear, light corner bumps. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight and unmarked except "Fairwinds! Silver Donald Cameron" on half-title page. 135 pp.. Signed by Author. First. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.