Vendeur : BOP Books, Tauranga, Nouvelle-Zélande
Hardcover. Etat : VG. Etat de la jaquette : VG. Photos (illustrateur). 1st. Few people without training, but with enthusiasm and determination, secure the job the love and retain it for their working life, George Young, the author, is a fine example of one in that cetegory and who acheived much in his self-made vocation. A committed shipping enthusiast from his youth, a keen photographer and and early radio operating technocrat, he left college at 16 and by 21 was the shipping editor for the Cape Times. His tenure of the position began as the last vestigaes of ocean-going commercial sail were still spreading their clouds of canvas, as he approached retirement the container/bulk carrrier revolution and the advent of huge tankers was well underway. His biography is studded with interesting recollections of campaigns waged (some won, some lost), of shipwrecks and salvage, of watherfront and shipping characters and notables, his experiences on low-level flights in maritime reconnissance aircraft during WWII, his part in the exposure of a major coal/shipping scandal and constant battles with officials over port facilities and projects. And, of course, there are many stories of ships and seararers. This is a book any person interested in ships, seagoing, the companies, the shore-bound politics, and all things in between, will find absorbing, cover- to-cover. First edition of 1975, 256 pages including index,addenda/corrections slip tipped in RFEP, illustrated throughout with b/w photos (most taken by the author), colour art e/papers. Green hard covers with whitle spine titles/decorations both covers, VG with light wear lower edges, corners and spine base, internally VG+, no inscriptions.Colour pictorial/art DJ is VG with three tape repaired short tears few chips. N° de réf. du vendeur 004026
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Vendeur : Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Afrique du sud
Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. Internally, foxing on the front end page. Otherwise clean. Tightly bound. r*25/04/2024. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. N° de réf. du vendeur 4ro
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Vendeur : Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Afrique du sud
Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. 1st Edition. jacket is worn, torn and taped. edge wear and knocking on boards. light foxing and marks. binding is intact. fair copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. N° de réf. du vendeur ahzu
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Vendeur : Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Afrique du sud
hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. inscribed and signed by author. the jacket is edge worn, a few small tears. sporadic foxing that is mainly on the end papers. contents are intact and presentable. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed. N° de réf. du vendeur h92hr
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Vendeur : Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Afrique du sud
Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. First Edition. 256 pages (complete). A placid copy. The dustjacket has wear, scuffing, marks. It is secure and sure. The boards are simple with little edge wear. They are steady and sound. The front and end pages have blotches of foxing. Marks and waviness throughout, not affecting text. Protected in cellophane. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. fk. r*21/12/2023. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. N° de réf. du vendeur cdvz
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Vendeur : Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Afrique du sud
Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. The jacket is rubbed and marked.Previous ownership inscription.Foxing.Well bound.Good copy.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. N° de réf. du vendeur xb62
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Vendeur : Tombland Bookshop, Norwich, NFLK, Royaume-Uni
Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 8vo. 256 pp, eratta slip, some very light browning and some light foxing along upper foredges, a crisp nice copy, very good in original cloth , some light wear to tip of lower corners and the bottom of spine, cloyth clean and bright, very good in very good dustwrapper in removable protectve cellophane sleeve, very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N° de réf. du vendeur 32472
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