The shipbuilder (43 résultats)

Hard Cover. Etat : Very. Frayed & Chipped. First Edition Thus. 288pp Illus "The Cunard White Star Quadruple-Screw Liner." All fold-outs intact. Size: Oversized.

Etat : Very Good. 13 pages, 6 figures. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 17 x 24 cms. Category: Mariner's Mirror; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hardcover. Etat : VG / VG. Hardcover in very good dust jacket / #1 in a series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder'.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good +. Etat de la jaquette : very good. 210 pp; plus 34 pp of advertisements; No. 8 in the series; a facsimilie reprint, originally published in 1936 to commemorate the maiden voyage of the QUEEN MARY. It also contains a special epilogue on her later career and a tribute to her memory as a link betwen the British and American peoples. all fold-outs are in "As New" condition; dj has been price-clipped.…

Oversize Hardcover. Etat : VG / VG. Oversize hardcover in very good dust jacket / #6 in a series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder & Marine Engine-Builder'.

Etat : Very Good. 24 pages. The Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow is a learned society established in 1802, for the improvement of the Arts and Sciences in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 21 cms. Category: Glasgow Philosophical Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Oversized Hardback. Etat : Good - Cash. Etat de la jaquette : Good. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed with some creasing. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Secure pages, solid binding. General shelf and use wear to the dust jacket. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good.

First Thus. Large hardcover in jacket, quite good with age toning, slightly musty.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. Unclipped dust jacket protected by mylar. This is a complete facsimile reprint from the June 1936 issue of "The Shipbuilder & Marine Engine-Builder" magazine. 210 pages with 90 pages of ads. Many black and white photos, fold-out diagrams. Extra shipping may be charged at cost based on size and weight of book. …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good.

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Jacket shows minor shelfwear and slight yellowing; there is a sticker placed on the front. Cover is in excellent shape. Pages are very slightly yellowed, though clean, and binding is tight. Book is in excellent condition for its age.

4to. 164pp. Numerous b/w illustrations, some folding. Original boards in dustwrapper. A very good copy. . First Edition .

Hardcover. Etat : VG / VG. Hardcover in very good dust jacket / #2 in a series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder'.

Etat : Fine. 34 x 26 cm-First Thus-Gold lettering on the spine-Red and Black Cloth-DJ clipped- Book is tight, clean and unmarked with a Black stain on upper text block-" No. 6 in a series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder & Marine Engine-Builder', illustrated throughout with b/w photographs, and with 11 fold-out plates in the text.".…

1st reprint by PSL of the 1911 original. No. 1 in the "Ocean Liners of the Past" series. (4 adv), 164 PP with b/w illustrations (plans, photos and tail pieces), plus 7 folded plates (1 photo and 6 plans). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, top edge tinted, dust jacket. Covers and dust jacket with light foxing, otherwise a fine copy. Scarce. 24.8 x 19. Facsimile reprint based on a souvenir issue of the journal "The Shipbuilder" originally published in the summer of 1911. Epilogue between P. 151 and 164 updating their short-lived (Titanic) or longer (Olympic) careers.…

Hardback. Etat : V.g. Souvenir Edition. 71[ads];120 pp. The Turbo-Electric "Canberra" Built by Harland and Wolff Limited for P&O-Orient Lines: Souvenir Number of The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder: June, 1961. Red boards[spine worn and taped over] Fold out plan incomplete. A scarce item.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. This extremely rare, antiquarian, First Edition, British history, boats and steamships book, entitled The Canadian Pacific Quadruple-Screw Atlantic Liner & Pleasure-Cruising Steamship: Empress of Britain - Britain's Largest Post-War Steamship is written by The Shipbuilder & Marine Engine-Builder, and is the Souvenir Number edition.Published in 1931 by The Shipbuilder Press in London, this First Edition, hardback book is in good condition overall, with the pages being in good condition, with moderate ageing spots on some pages within the book, and minor wear, marks and creases on the blue clothbound hardcover and spine of the book. This book requires an additional courier charge of £8.50. …

Hardcover. Etat : new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hardcover. Etat : gut. 1970. Ocean Liners of the Past: Cunard Express Liners 'Lusitania' and 'Mauretania' No. 2 In englischer Sprache. pages.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged, with strip of tape from mount adhering to the blank second leaf of the bifolium. Folded once. The recipient ('Dear Sir') is not named. Signed 'J. Scott. Russell'. Apparently responding to a request for an autograph from an invalid, he begins by stating that he is 'sorry to hear' of the recipient's 'prolonged suffering', but that he is 'glad to learn that you occupy your inforced in [sic] thinking more about others than about yourself'. He ends by expressing pleasure in complying with the recipient's request.…

1st ed. thus orig. cloth Very Nice Copy folio 144pp., frontis., b/w plates, diags., fldg. plans, Ocean Liners of the Past. No. 4 in a series of reprints from "The Shipbuilder" Superb edition.

2nd edition dust jacket Nice Copy quarto 184pp., frontis., b/w pls., diags., fldg. plans, Ocean Liners of the Past. No. 1 in a series of reprints from "The Shipbuilder". Facsimile of the 1911 edition.

Thirteen pages, octavo, and fold-out 'PLATE XXI' (eight and a half inches by twenty-two and a half wide), with nine illustrations, headed 'THE DRAWING OFFICE BY MR. ARCHIBALD DENNY.', by Robert Gardner & Co., Engineering Lithographers, Glasgow. Unbound and stapled. Good, on aged and lightly foxed paper. Original pink printed wraps detached, chipped and with minor loss. PRESENTATION COPY, with front wrap (which has minor offsetting in ink) headed in pencil 'With the Authors Compts'. Ownership inscription of 'H. J. Young | Nov: '95' at head of first page.…

Etat : Very Good. First special edition hard back binding in publisher's original full green leather covers, gilt title, author lettering and four Viking ships to the spine. 8vo. 10'' x 7''. Contains 248 + 1 printed pages of text. This special, private edition is a set in Excelsior type, 10 point with 2 point leading, and printed on 2-sided coated wood free art-paper. Translated into English by Katherine John. Colour and monochrome illustrations throughout. The photographs are mainly from the collections of the Archaeological Museum, Oslo University. The engravings from A/S Cloke, Oslo. Presentation inscription to Sir Amos Lowrey Ayre from Th. Ring Amundsen (Director of Moss Verft - nicknamed Værven - shipyard in Jeløya, Moss, Norway) to the front free end paper. 'Best wishes to Sir Amos Lowrey Ayre from Th. Ring Amundsen, December 1951.' Small chip to the top of the spine, couple of small marks to the rear board and in Very Good clean and sound condition. From the private library of A. E. Bird - Mystole House, Chartham, Kent, with his smart illustrated bookplate inside. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORWAY & NORWEGIAN.…

reprint dust jacket Very Good lge. octavo 164pp., frontis., b/w pls., diags., fldg. plans, Ocean Liners of the Past. No. 1 in a series of reprints from "The Shipbuilder".

1st ed. thus dust jacket Nice Copy folio 287pp., frontis., b/w pls., diags., fldg. plans, Facsimile of the 1936 'Shipbuilder' edition. Inc. 250 photos; 85 illustrations, fold-out plans & diagrams & 82 pages of advertisements from the original. Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy.

1st edition worn wrappers Very Good folio 88 + 196pp., frontis., col. & b/w pls., diags., fldg. plans, Covers very worn & some fold-outs torn along folds but a complete and fascinating copy of a rare publication.

Folio Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st. 132 ppg. Souvenir number, owner had book personally bound with navy blue cloth boards and gold gilt lettering. Text is clean, no writing. All plates and pull-outs included. Binding is tight and hinges are intact. Water damage present on front board and mildly on text-block. Light rubbing to edges and general wear. Signed by previous owner on front end-paper.…