Search Results: the making of a sailor by villiers alan j

George Routledge & Sons, 1938-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Total of 191 unmarked hardcover pages.

George Routledge & Sons, 1938. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1938. First Edition. 45 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over cream cloth. Contains black and white plates. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Cracks to guttering throughout, with exposed netting. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean, with light sunning to spine and edges. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking. Heavy tanning overall.

Routledge, London, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 4to - over 9.75 - 12" tall. 45 + 191 plates. Hinges cracked. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Front end paper removed. Covers marked. Corners slightly bumped. This is the photographic story of voyages made in the old square-rigged Cape Horner, where cadets are converted into crew and land-lubbers into worthy exponents of the seaman's art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Ships & the Sea; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52120. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

(London: Routledge: 1938) First Edition. Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. 48 plus over 200 photographic illustrations (255 x 195 mm). First Edition. An about fine copy in very good dust-jacket sunned on spine and stamped ‘Overseas edition’ on the front flap.

Unknown Binding. Fair. FORMER LIBRARY BOOK. Sold by the Uk charity Langdon Supporing Men And Women with disabilities

Routledge, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very clean, tight and sound copy in a good jacket. Jacket has two small chips at the head of the spine, not affecting lettering. Not price clipped. No inscriptions. 45 pages text followed by over 200 quality photographs. Approx. size 10" by 8". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Maritime; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27018. .

Paperback / softback. New.

George Routledge & Sons, London, 1938. First edition.. Hardback.. Black and White photographs. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket (DJ edges bear small chips; large closed tear to front panel). DJ protected by high-grade removable clear cover.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1938. A photographic story of schoolships under sail. Illustrations with over 200 b/w photographs. 191 pages. Green cloth, black design on front and titles on spine. VG+.. Hardcover. Very Good+.

London: Routledge, 1938. Hardcover. Very good condition . 43p.191 plates

London : George Routledge and Sons , 1938. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 10" by 7.5". Not Stated. An intriguing first edition illustrated copy of this photographic story of a voyage around the world. A first English edition copy of The Making of a Sailor, which is the photographic story of schoolships under sail. The illustrations within this book are reproductions of photographs made on the voyage of the ship Joseph Conrad around the world in 1934-36. Alan J. Villiers was a writer, adventure, photographer and mariner having also written The Sea in Ships, Last of the Windships and Voyage of the Parma. With one hundred and ninety one photographic plates. Collated, complete. In quarter calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, very smart with some light marks to the boards and extremities. Internally, firmly bound with bright pages which are mostly clean with some light scattered spots to the first few pages. Very Good Indeed

Routledge. Very Good. 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. SIGNED and dated (1957) by Alan J. Villiers. Tan cloth with blue lettering to spine and cover. Illustrated with over 200 photographs. No dustjacket. Tight binding, clean pages. A touch of very mild foxing to cloth with a bump to bottom corner and gift Inscription on front endpaper, otherwise an excellent copy of a scarce book with the author's scarce signature. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Signed by Author .