Course captain a g (37 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : VG / VG -. Hardcover in edgeworn dust jacket.

Etat : Good. 1965. First Edition Thus. 255 pages. Dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over brown cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. London: Frederick Muller Limited, (1963). First Edition. 8vo. 320pp, Index. 27 illustrations mostly photographs. Blue cloth, fine condition; dj good (price clipped, short tear, edges slightly frayed, discoloration). Exhaustive work by mariner serving aboard merchant ships for nearly half a century. ; Illustrated; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Binding is tight and pages are clean and unmarked. The cover has light wear with dinged corners and shelf wear at top and bottom of spine. The dust jacket has small rips and tears, as well as some creases. In mylar cover.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Poor. First Edition First Printing. Landscape size, 5.6 inches long. Navy blue cloth boards. Inner hinge split at the title page. Small pen marks on some pages. The remains of a jacket in very poor condition with scuffing creases and tears with substantial paper loss. drawings by Commander C.H. Williams (illustrateur).…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. H/B 80 pages, condition is very good. Commander C H Williams (illustrateur).

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. 1st Edition. VINTAGESTAN BOOKS Title: Ships of the P and O by Captain A.G. Course Summary: Ships of the P & O is a short-illustrated history by Captain A. G. Course, first published in 1954 as part of the Ship Series. The book traces the development of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company fleet from its origins in the early 19th century through the mid-20th century. Ships of the P & O provides an accessible introduction to the history of P&O's famous fleet and offers a snapshot of British maritime heritage during the age of steam and ocean liners. It is particularly valuable for readers interested in merchant shipping, passenger liners, and the development of global sea routes. Author: Captain A.G. Course Publisher: Alard Coles Limited Year Published: 1954 Edition: 1st Edition Binding type: Hardcover ISBN: Dimensions: 11cm x 14cm Notes: SKU: VSS / 268 / G / 7446 / 5727 Condition Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Handling marks, marks, toning, rubbing, creasing Book condition: Fair. Handling marks, marks, foxing, toning, creasing Binding: Intact Pages: 80 pages.…

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 14x23cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 215 pages. The author says the pirates and privateers who operated in the North Atlantic, Caribbean and New England seas, were the most cruel and uncouth of all sea marauders.…

Barre, MA: Barre Publishing, 1963. Bound in publisher's blue cloth boards w/ d/j. Very good condition. History of the tramp steamer. 22.5 cm. ix, 230 pp . Bound in publisher's blue cloth boards w/ d/j. Very good condition. History of the tramp steamer.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. H/b 197 pages condition is very good, the spine is slightly faded.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Dust Jacket. SHIPS. Ex-University of Victoria Library minimal marks. 176pp. Index. Photo plates. 12mo.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, top and bottom of spine a little bumped and a little worn, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, some light foxing / discolouration to a few pages, mainly first and last few but also a few pages in between, previous owners book plaque on front past down and inscription on front end paper.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. First Edition. The jacket is rubbed, worn, torn and chipped. The boards are lightly edge worn. Internally there are inscriptions from a previous owner on the front end page, there are minor marks. The remaining pages are neat. Well bound. ak. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good+. Condition Notes: Matt paper dust wrapper has insignificant edgewear and is a touch faded. Gently bruised at the spine ends and corners of the binding. The contents complete, clean and tight; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 8¾" x 5¾" (0.8 kg); pp 254; Index; Bibliography; Includes: Black & white plates; Appendices (2); || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #203580 ||. …

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. A fair to good ex-library hardcover copy without a dustcover. The title page is missing, there's shelf wear to the covers and grubby page ends. The spine is straight and the vast majority of the pages are bright and clean. Please see photos.

Hardcover in dust jacket. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Some shelfwear to dustjacket. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book in similar dustjacket now protected in mylar sleeve. Very neat. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st ed. xv,176pp. Illus. Story of the ships of Sir William Garthwaite's Marine Navigation Company. Ex lib. copy with the dw laminated to the boards giving the appearance of a dustwrapped copy. Label on the front paste & the remains of one on the ffep. Withdrawn stamp on the ffep & the title page o/w a clean copy. 229 98578 5. …

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 14x23cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ has some minor edgewear and a sunned spine and is now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 263 pages. This covers all of the famour and infamous names - including Kidd, Avery, Eli Bloggs, Mrs Ching and Rajah James Brooke.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Green boards, Very Good in a foxed but whole dust jacket.

hardcover. Etat : Good. First Edition. First Edition. No dustjacket. The Deep Sea Tramp by Captain Course is a fascinating memoir of life in the merchant marine during the great age of steam-powered cargo shipping. Drawing on firsthand experience, the author recounts the realities of working aboard deep-sea tramp steamers, vessels that carried cargoes around the world wherever trade demanded. Rich in nautical detail, adventure, and observations of ports and people across the globe, the book provides an authentic picture of a seafarer's life at a time when long voyages and hard work were part of everyday existence. An engaging read for enthusiasts of maritime history, merchant shipping, and true-life nautical adventure. First Edition.…

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Pictorial hardcovers . Small bump/rub to spine ends and corners. Not price clipped A few areas of red pen underlining to some pages, otherwise text VG. B/W photographs. Photographs (illustrateur).

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : VG+. 1st Edition. Only slight signs of use. Light edge-wear to the price-clipped d/w. Fine Hardcover in VG+ d/w.

1st Ed. (8), 263 PP with 3 maps, plus 4 pages with 8 b/w illustrations. Hard cover. Light foxing mostly on page edges and top outside edge, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. Piracy from the Gulf of Aden to Japan including the more infamous names of Kidd, Avery, Eli Bloggs, the formidable Mrs. Ching, etc. The efforts of those who strove to combat them. …

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. In excellent condition - no marks or inscriptions. DJ protected by mylar jacket.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Near Very Good. Life Histories of the great and graceful square rigged vessels, including "Rodney" which raced the Cutty Sark. Illustrated with B&W photos. 230 pages, 450g, 9" Tall. Previous owner's bookplate on endpaper and pencild date on ffep. No other inscriptions. Some edge wear to jacket. Unclipped, price 30s.…

Octavo. Boards. Tape stain from publisher on title-page and verso. Very good in very good, price-clipped d.j. First edition.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine in Good Plus DJ. Not Stated. 8vo, Burgandy boards with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent tight copy. DJ shows extensive shelfwear with tears. There is tape on the inside of the DJ at the spine, front and rear folds, and the lower right corner of the front panel. 264 pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Short descriptions of harbours around UK, with some B&W photos.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Oxford University Press. 1956. First Edition. Book Condition: Almost Very Good. Former Library book with usual stamps and markings. The last days of the old days as seen by a square rig man. 197pp. 47 illus., 23 black and white photographic plates. Covers a little grubby, text well-read but clean, sound binding, free from annotations or marking. Reading copy. . …

8vo.pp.xiv + 866. Illustrated. Very good hardcover in slightly rubbed and dust stained dust jacket , now protected. This book puts on record the last phase of a glorious era in the British Merchant navy before the steamships finally won the battle for trade.